• Jul 14 2007

    19 Years ago

    Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.


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  • Jul 14 2002

    24 Years ago

    During Bastille Day celebrations, French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.


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  • Jul 14 1969

    57 Years ago

    Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer game against El Salvador, rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.


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  • Jul 14 1969

    57 Years ago

    Large denominations of United States currency are officially withdrawn from circulation.


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  • Jul 14 1965

    61 Years ago

    Mariner 4 flyby of Mars (planet) takes the first close-up photos of another planet.


  • Jul 14 1958

    68 Years ago

    Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem becomes the nation's new leader.


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  • Jul 14 1948

    78 Years ago

    Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot near to the Italian Parliament.


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  • Jul 14 1943

    83 Years ago

    In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of a African American.


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  • Jul 14 1933

    93 Years ago

    Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political party are outlawed except the Nazi Party.


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  • Jul 14 1902

    124 Years ago

    St Mark's Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.


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  • Jul 14 1865

    161 Years ago

    First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent.


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  • Jul 14 1798

    228 Years ago

    The Alien and Sedition Acts becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.


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  • Jul 14 1791

    235 Years ago

    The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.


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  • Jul 14 1790

    236 Years ago

    French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.


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  • Jul 14 1789

    237 Years ago

    French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storming of the Bastille and free seven prisoners.


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  • Jul 14 1771

    255 Years ago

    Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.


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  • Jul 14 1769

    257 Years ago

    The Portola expedition establishes a base in California, and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).


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  • Jul 14 1753

    273 Years ago

    In France, Louis VIII of France becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.


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  • Jul 14 1753

    273 Years ago

    The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.


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