Today in History: July 14, the storming of the Bastille
In the present day is Monday July the th day of There are days left in the year This day in history On July in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and distributed the seven prisoners held there Also on this date In Congress passed the Sedition Act making it a federal crime to publish false scandalous or malicious writing about the United States establishment Related Articles One year after Trump assassination attempt changes at Secret System but questions remain Trump to meet NATO secretary general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales Suspect kills women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper police say In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness Los Angeles tries leniency The present day in History July Live Aid concerts In outlaw William H Bonney Jr alias Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico In American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah Oklahoma In all German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed by the cabinet of Nazi Germany In Italy formally declared war on Japan its former Axis partner during World War II In -year-old Jane Goodall first arrived at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her assessment of the wild chimpanzees living there In the Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Forty-eight senators voted to advance the measure short of the needed and voted to block it In disgraced financier Bernard Madoff arrived at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to begin serving a -year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme Madoff died in prison in April In thousands of demonstrators across the country protested a Florida jury s decision one day earlier to clear George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin In world powers and Iran struck a deal to curb Iran s nuclear effort in exchange for relief from international sanctions In terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd killing people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists the driver was shot dead by police In researchers revealed that the first COVID- vaccine tested in the U S boosted people s immune systems as scientists had hoped the vaccine was developed by the National Institutes of Medical and Moderna Inc In the National Galleries of Scotland reported a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh was discovered behind another of the artist s paintings when experts took an X-ray of the canvas ahead of an upcoming exhibition The present day s Birthdays Former football competitor and actor Rosey Grier is Actor Vincent Pastore TV The Sopranos is Music company executive Tommy Mottola muh-TOH -luh is Movie producer Scott Rudin is Singer-songwriter Anjelique Kidjo is Singer-guitarist Kyle Gass Tenacious D is Actor Jane Lynch is Actor Jackie Earle Haley is Actor Matthew Fox is Rock singer-musician Tanya Donelly is Olympic gold medal snowboarder Ross Rebagliati is Country singer Jamey Johnson is Hip-hop musician Taboo Black Eyed Peas is Actor writer producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is Rock singer Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons is MMA fighter Conor McGregor is
