What day of the week was July 14, 1789?

The day of the week July 14th, 1789 fell on was a Tuesday.

Bernard-René de Launay the French politician (b. 1740) died on this day in 1789.

French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille. Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific the but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.