Today in History

    What happened on the 14th of July in history?

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    • 1771
      Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in Cal
    • 1789
      Bastille Day - citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
    • 1798
      Sedition Act prohibits "false scandalous & malicious" writing against US govt
    • 1850
      1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
    • 1853
      Com Perry requests trade relations with Japan
    • 1865
      1st ascent of Matterhorn
    • 1881
      Billy the Kid killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Ft Sumner NM
    • 1921
      Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham Mass.
    • 1927
      1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
    • 1950
      RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
    • 1951
      Citation 1st horse to win $1 000 000 in races
    • 1953
      1st national monument dedicated to a Negro - GW Carver
    • 1958
      Iraqi army Iraq overthrew monarchy
    • 1959
      1st atomic powered cruiser the Long Beach Quincy Mass
    • 1961
      Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500
    • 1962
      Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500
    • 1965
      US Mariner IV 1st Mars probe passes at 6 100 miles
    • 1966
      Richard Speck kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
    • 1968
      Houston Astro Don Wilson strikesout 18 beats Reds 6-1
    • 1969
      Futbol War between El Salvador and Honduras begins.
    • 1975
      EPCOT Center plans announced
    • 1983
      Reps. Daniel Crane R Ill. & Gerry Studds D-Mass. admitted having had sexual relations with congressional pages.
    • 1986
      Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
    • 1987
      Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law