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