July 14 - The Day in History

July 14 : General Interest French revolutionaries storm Bastille Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs.. read more American Revolution 1798 : Sedition Act becomes federal law http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sedition-act-becomes-federal-law Automotive 1986 : "Father of Streamlining" Raymond Loewy dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/father-of-streamlining-raymond-loewy-dies Civil War 1864 : Confederates defeated at the Battle of Tupelo http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-tupelo-mississippi Cold War 1963 : Rupture between USSR and China grows worse http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rupture-between-ussr-and-china-grows-worse Crime 1881 : Billy the Kid is shot to death http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-is-shot-to-death 1966 : A mass murderer leaves eight women dead http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-mass-murderer-leaves-eight-women-dead Disaster 2003 : Claudette crashes into Texas coast http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/claudette-crashes-into-texas-coast General Interest 1099 : Jerusalem captured in First Crusade http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerusalem-captured-in-first-crusade Hollywood 1918 : Influential Swedish director Ingmar Bergman born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/influential-swedish-director-ingmar-bergman-born Literary 1811 : Byron returns to England after a two-year trip http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/byron-returns-to-england-after-a-two-year-trip Music 1995 : A revolutionary new technology is christened "MP3" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-revolutionary-new-technology-is-christened-quotmp3quot Old West 1882 : Gunfighter John Ringo found dead http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunfighter-john-ringo-found-dead Presidential 1913 : Future President Gerald R. Ford is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/future-president-gerald-r-ford-is-born Sports 1968 : Hank Aaron hits 500th homer http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hank-aaron-hits-500th-homer Vietnam War 1964 : North Vietnamese regulars are fighting in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-regulars-are-fighting-in-south-vietnam 1968 : Clifford visits South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clifford-visits-south-vietnam World War I 1918 : Quentin Roosevelt killed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quentin-roosevelt-killed World War II 1974 : Carl Spaatz dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carl-spaatz-dies

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