Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 14
July 14: Bastille Day in France
- 1789 - French Revolution: Parisians stormed the Bastille (pictured).
- 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 Abdul Karim Qassim.
- 1965 - Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting the first close-up pictures of another planet.