Major Events
- 1789 Bastille Day – the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris, now celebrated as France’s national day
- 1798 US Sedition Act prohibits “any false, scandalous, and malicious writing” about the government
- 1850 First public demonstration of ice made via refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie
- 1933 All non-Nazi political parties are banned in Germany
- 1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp by German Einsatzgruppen SS with the assistance of local collaborators
- 1992 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds releases Linux soon afterwards.
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- 1795 The French National Convention decrees “La Marseillaise” by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle France’s national anthem
Jul 14 in Sport
- 1964 51st Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France wins 4th consecutive Tour and is first to claim 5 titles
Fun Fact About July 14
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