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July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 170 days remaining.
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1223 - In France , Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France .1789 - French Revolution : Citizens of Paris prisoners .1791 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley , a supporter of the French Revolution , out of Birmingham , England .1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government .1933 - Gleichschaltung : In Germany , all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party .1940 - World War II : Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command of the 7th Army Corps consisting of British , Canadian and New Zealand troops.1951 - In Joplin, Missouri , George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American .1958 - Iraqi Revolution : In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem becomes the nation's new leader.1965 - Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.1966 - In Chicago, Illinois , Richard Speck murders eight student nurses in their dormitory.1984 - New Zealand elects the Fourth Labour Government bringing in David Lange as Prime Minister of New Zealand , and thus breaking nine years of National party governance under Robert Muldoon 2000 - George Speight , the principal instigator of the Fiji coup of 2000 , was arrested with 369 of his followers and charged with treason .2001 - The International Olympic Committee votes for Beijing to be the host of the 2008 Olympics . This is the first time that China had been bestowed this honor.2002 - During Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.
Births 1602 - Jules Mazarin , statesman and cardinal (d. 1661 )1857 - Emmeline Pankhurst , suffragette (d. 1928 )1860 - Owen Wister , author, "The Virginian 1938 )1862 - Gustav Klimt , painter and graphic artist (d. 1918 )1868 - Gertrude Bell , archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq " (d. 1926 )1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer , author (d. 1991 )1910 - William Hanna , animator (d. 2001 )1912 - Northrop Frye , educator, literary critic (d. 1991 )1912 - Woody Guthrie , folk musician . (d. 1967 ) 1913 - Gerald Ford , American president 1916 - Natalia Ginzburg, writer (d. 1991 )1918 - Ingmar Bergman , film and theatre director1918 - Arthur Laurents , playwright, novelist, and director 1919 - Lino Ventura , actor (d. 1987 )1926 - Harry Dean Stanton , actor1927 - John Chancellor , television commentator (d. 1996 )1938 - Jerry Rubin , 60s activist (d. 1994 )1939 - George E. Slusser , scholar, professor & writer1939 - Karel Gott , Czech singer 1941 - Maulana Karenga , author & activist1967 - Robin Ventura , baseball player1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Deaths 1223 - Philip II of France , King of France 1742 - Richard Bentley , English Classical scholar1881 - Billy the Kid , outlaw (b. 1860 )1887 - Alfred Krupp (Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach), German munitions manufacturer1904 - Anton Chekhov - Russian playwright and short story writer1965 - Adlai Stevenson , US presidential candidate1984 - Philippe Wynne , musician (b. 1941 )1994 - César Tovar , Major League Baseball player (b. 1940 )1999 - Gar Samuelson , musician (Megadeth )2000 - William Roscoe Estep , Baptist historian and professor of Church history emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (b. 1920 )2002 - Joaquin Balaguer , Dominican political leader2002 - Qiqi, the longest-living captive Chinese River Dolphin 2003 - André Claveau , French singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner2003 - Tex Schramm , former France and all French dependencies - Bastille Day Iraq - National Day Kiribati - Sweden - Birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden , an official flag day July 13 - July 15 - June 14 - August 14 -- listing of all days
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July - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (273 words)
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. In the pagan wheel of the year July ends at or near to Lughnasadh in the northern hemisphere and Imbolc in the southern hemisphere. July in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to January in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
BASTILLE DAY -- The Bastille is located in Paris -- It was being used as a prison when the strongly-fortified high ... (1785 words)
On July 14 , 1789 , the storming of the Bastille immediately took on a great historical dimension; it was proof that power no longer resided in the King as God's representative, but in the people, in accordance with the theories developed by their philosophers of the eighteenth century. On 14 July 1790 , a year after the fall of the Bastille, delegates from all parts of the country flocked to Paris to celebrate the Fête de la Fédération and proclaim their allegiance to one national community. Bastille Day , 14 July , was officially proclaimed the national holiday in 1880 and the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" was restored in 1848.
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