Today is Sunday, July 14, the 196th day of the 12 months 2024. There are 170 days left within the 12 months.
Today’s highlight of the story:
On July 14, 1789, in an event that symbolized the start of the French Revolution, residents of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and freed the seven prisoners inside.
Also on this date:
In 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, which made it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious material concerning the United States government.
In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in what’s now New Mexico.
In 1912, the American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma.
In 1933, all German political parties except the NSDAP were banned by the federal government of Nazi Germany.
In 1945, Italy officially declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner in World War II.
In 1960, Jane Goodall, then 26 years old, got here to the Gombe Stream Reserve in what’s now Tanzania for the primary time to start her study of the wild chimpanzees living there.
In 2004, the Senate did not pass an amendment banning gay marriage. (48 senators voted to pass the bill—12 fewer than the required 60—and 50 voted against.)
In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sent to the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to start serving a 150-year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)
In 2013, hundreds of demonstrators across the country protested against a Florida jury's decision the day gone by to acquit George Zimmerman within the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
In 2015, world powers and Iran agreed to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relieving international sanctions.
In 2016, terror struck during Bastille Day celebrations within the French Riviera city of Nice when a big truck ploughed right into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the motive force was shot dead by police.
In 2020, researchers reported that the primary COVID-19 vaccine tested within the United States, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., boosted people's immune systems as scientists hoped.
In 2022, the National Galleries of Scotland said, Previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh was discovered behind one other painting by the artist when experts took an x-ray of the canvas ahead of an upcoming exhibition.
Today's birthdays:
- Former football player and actress Rosey Grier is 92.
- Actor Vincent Pastore (TV “The Sopranos”) is 78.
- Music company executive Tommy Mottola (muh-TOH'-luh) is 76.
- Film producer Scott Rudin is 66.
- Singer-songwriter Anjelique Kidjo is 64.
- Singer and guitarist Kyle Gass (Tenacious D) is 64.
- Actress Jane Lynch is 64.
- Actor Jackie Earle Haley is 63.
- Actor Matthew Fox is 58.
- Rock singer and musician Tanya Donelly is 58.
- Olympic snowboard champion Ross Rebagliati is 53.
- Country singer Jamey Johnson is 49.
- Hip-hop musician Taboo (Black Eyed Peas) is 49.
- Actress/author/producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is 39.
- Rock singer Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons) is 37.
- MMA fighter Conor McGregor is 36.
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