July 14
1789 - The storming of the destruction of the Bastille by citizens of Paris marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881 - 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.
1921 - In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death.
1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
1945 - Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" was published.
1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II; Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq's new leader.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1980 - The Republican National Convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were determined to "make America great again."
2004 - The U.S. Senate scuttled a proposed Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with 48 senators voting to advance the measure -- 12 short of the 60 needed -- and 50 voting to block it.
2009 - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff arrived at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to begin serving a 150-year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme.
2013 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a TV interview, called for tougher European and global rules on data protection amid fallout from recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
2015 - World powers and Iran struck a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.
2016 - Terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police.
2020 - Researchers reported that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people's immune systems as scientists had hoped; the vaccine was developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.
2022 - Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his three eldest children, died in New York City at age 73.
2022 - The National Galleries of Scotland said 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.
Birthdays
23 - Maia Reficco (actress)
28 - Jasmine Brown (model)
29 - Alexis Skyy (model)
34 - Sean Flynn (actor)
34 - Alisha Wainwright (actress)
35 - Conor McGregor (MMA fighter)
36 - Dan Reynolds (singer)
36 - Sara Canning (actress)
36 - Elena Gant (reality star)
37 - Peta Murgatroyd (dancer)
37 - Dan Smith (singer)
38 - Aryana Sayeed (singer)
38 - Phoebe Waller-Bridge (actress)
44 - Scott Porter (actor)
45 - Roger Clark (actor)
47 - Dorit Kemsley (reality star)
48 - Jamey Johnson (singer)
52 - Loni Love (comedian)
53 - Missy Gold (actress)
57 - Matthew Fox (actor)
62 - Jackie Earle Haley (actress)
63 - Jane Lynch (actress)
63 - Kyle Gass (singer)
71 - Stan Shaw (actor)
71 - Jerry Houser (actor)
77 - Vincent Pastore (actor)
91 - Rosey Grier (football player/actor)
95 - Nancy Olson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 14
1934 - The New York Times declares Babe Ruth's record of 700 career home runs "would stand for all time."
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, New Jersey.
1967 - Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros hit his 500th career home run.
1968 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 500th career home run.
1969 - President Richard Nixon signed a baseball from the Baseball Hall of Fame that had the signatures of nine other U.S. presidents.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. The game was held on August 9.
2019 - Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon final and his 16th career Grand Slam singles title.
1789 - The storming of the destruction of the Bastille by citizens of Paris marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881 - 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.
1921 - In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death.
1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
1945 - Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" was published.
1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II; Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq's new leader.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1980 - The Republican National Convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were determined to "make America great again."
2004 - The U.S. Senate scuttled a proposed Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with 48 senators voting to advance the measure -- 12 short of the 60 needed -- and 50 voting to block it.
2009 - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff arrived at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to begin serving a 150-year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme.
2013 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a TV interview, called for tougher European and global rules on data protection amid fallout from recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
2015 - World powers and Iran struck a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.
2016 - Terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police.
2020 - Researchers reported that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people's immune systems as scientists had hoped; the vaccine was developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.
2022 - Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his three eldest children, died in New York City at age 73.
2022 - The National Galleries of Scotland said 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.
Birthdays
23 - Maia Reficco (actress)
28 - Jasmine Brown (model)
29 - Alexis Skyy (model)
34 - Sean Flynn (actor)
34 - Alisha Wainwright (actress)
35 - Conor McGregor (MMA fighter)
36 - Dan Reynolds (singer)
36 - Sara Canning (actress)
36 - Elena Gant (reality star)
37 - Peta Murgatroyd (dancer)
37 - Dan Smith (singer)
38 - Aryana Sayeed (singer)
38 - Phoebe Waller-Bridge (actress)
44 - Scott Porter (actor)
45 - Roger Clark (actor)
47 - Dorit Kemsley (reality star)
48 - Jamey Johnson (singer)
52 - Loni Love (comedian)
53 - Missy Gold (actress)
57 - Matthew Fox (actor)
62 - Jackie Earle Haley (actress)
63 - Jane Lynch (actress)
63 - Kyle Gass (singer)
71 - Stan Shaw (actor)
71 - Jerry Houser (actor)
77 - Vincent Pastore (actor)
91 - Rosey Grier (football player/actor)
95 - Nancy Olson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 14
1934 - The New York Times declares Babe Ruth's record of 700 career home runs "would stand for all time."
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, New Jersey.
1967 - Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros hit his 500th career home run.
1968 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 500th career home run.
1969 - President Richard Nixon signed a baseball from the Baseball Hall of Fame that had the signatures of nine other U.S. presidents.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. The game was held on August 9.
2019 - Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon final and his 16th career Grand Slam singles title.
