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[[Image:Mars (Mariner 4).jpg|right|100px|Picture of Mars taken from the Mariner 4]] |
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[[Image:Jefferson-peale.jpg|right|100px|Jefferson opposed the Sedition Act]] |
[[Image:Jefferson-peale.jpg|right|100px|Jefferson opposed the Sedition Act]] |
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{{*mp}} [[1791]] – 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]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1995]] – 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]] |
[[Image:Hubert - La Bastille.jpg|100px|the Bastille]] |
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* [[1789]] |
{{*mp}} [[1789]] – [[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. |
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* [[1798]] |
{{*mp}} [[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 [[Law of the United States|U.S. government]]. |
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* [[1933]] |
{{*mp}} [[1933]] – '''[[Gleichschaltung]]''': All [[political party | political parties]] in [[Germany]] were outlawed, except the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]]. |
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* [[1958]] |
{{*mp}} [[1958]] – '''[[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]]. |
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* [[1965]] |
{{*mp}} [[1965]] – 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...]]''' |
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Recent days: [[July 13]] – [[July 12]] – [[July 11]] |
Recent days: [[July 13]] – [[July 12]] – [[July 11]] |
Revision as of 04:34, 13 July 2007
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.
More events on this day... Recent days: July 13 – July 12 – July 11