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On this day - July 14
982 — King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim ...
1223 — Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his ...
1420 — Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite ...
1430 — Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over ...
1596 — Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish ...
1769 — An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in San ...
1771 — Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern ...
1789 — Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the ...
1790 — Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity ...
1791 — Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham ...
1798 — The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States ...
1808 — The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua is fought.
1853 — Opening of the first major US world's fair, the ...
1865 — The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward ...
1874 — The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, ...
1881 — American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff ...
1900 — Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during ...
1902 — The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also ...
1902 — Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu ...
1911 — Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is ...
1915 — Beginning of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence between ...
1916 — Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle ...
1933 — Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the ...
1933 — In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes ...
1942 — In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" ...
1943 — In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National ...
1948 — Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is ...
1950 — Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.
1951 — Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the ...
1957 — Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, ...
1958 — In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown ...
1960 — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo ...
1960 — Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in ...
1965 — Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of ...
1983 — Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super ...
2001 — Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky ...
2001 — Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British ...
2002 — French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination ...
2013 — Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for ...
2015 — NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of ...
2016 — A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, ...
2019 — A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all ...