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July 14: Bastille Day in France.

1789 – French Revolution: Parisians stormed the Bastille (pictured), freeing its inmates and taking the prison's large quantities of arms and ammunition.

1798 – The Sedition Act became United States law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.

1933 – Gleichschaltung: All political parties in Germany were outlawed, except the National Socialist German Workers Party.

1958 – King Faisal II, the last king of Iraq, was overthrown by a military coup d'état led by Abd al-Karim Qasim.

1965 – The NASA spacecraft Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting the first close-up pictures of another planet.

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+{{*mp}} [[1791]] &ndash; The '''[[Priestley Riots]]''' began, eventually driving Joseph Priestley, [[English Dissenters|Dissenting]] [[clergyman]], [[Political philosophy|political theorist]], and a supporter of the [[French Revolution]], out of [[Birmingham]], [[England]].
+{{*mp}} [[1995]] &ndash; The '''[[MP3]]''' [[audio]] encoding format was named.
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-'''[[July 14]]''': '''[[Bastille Day]]''' in [[France]]
+'''[[July 14]]''': '''[[Bastille Day]]''' in [[France]].
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 [[Image:Hubert - La Bastille.jpg|100px|the Bastille]]
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-* [[1789]] - [[French Revolution]]: [[Paris]]ians '''[[storming of the Bastille|stormed the Bastille]]''' ''(pictured)''.
+{{*mp}} [[1789]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Paris]]ians '''[[storming of the Bastille|stormed]]''' the [[Bastille]] ''(pictured)'', freeing its inmates and taking the prison's large quantities of arms and ammunition.
-* [[1798]] - The '''[[Alien and Sedition Acts|Sedition Act]]''' became [[United States law]], making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the [[United States government|U.S. government]].
+{{*mp}} [[1798]] &ndash; The '''[[Alien and Sedition Acts|Sedition Act]]''' became [[United States law]], making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the [[Law of the United States|U.S. government]].
-* [[1933]] - '''[[Gleichschaltung]]''': All [[political party | political parties]] in [[Germany]] were outlawed, except the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]].
+{{*mp}} [[1933]] &ndash; '''[[Gleichschaltung]]''': All [[political party | political parties]] in [[Germany]] were outlawed, except the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]].
-* [[1958]] - [[Faisal II of Iraq|King Faisal II]], the last [[List of Kings of Iraq|king of Iraq]], was overthrown by '''[[Abdul Karim Qassim]]'''.
+{{*mp}} [[1958]] &ndash; '''[[Faisal II of Iraq|King Faisal II]]''', the last [[List of Kings of Iraq|king of Iraq]], was overthrown by a military [[coup d'état]] led by [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]].
-* [[1965]] - '''''[[Mariner 4]]''''' flew past [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], collecting the first close-up pictures of another [[planet]].
+{{*mp}} [[1965]] &ndash; The [[NASA]] [[spacecraft]] '''''[[Mariner 4]]''''' flew past [[Mars]], collecting the first close-up pictures of another [[planet]].
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+'''[[July 14#Events|More events on this day...]]'''
 Recent days: [[July 13]] &ndash; [[July 12]] &ndash; [[July 11]]