07-13-2010, 08:19 PM
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July 14th
1789 ~ Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille. Generally recognized as the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 ~ The Sedition Act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1862 ~ Birthday of Gustav Klimt, Austrian Painter & Graphic Artist.
1881 ~ Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett.
1911 ~ Birthday of Terry-Thomas, British comic actor.
1912 ~ Birthday of Woody Guthrie, American folk singer.
1918 ~ Birthday of Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director.
1933 ~ Gleichschaltung: All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1965 ~ Mariner 4 flyby of Mars took the first close-up photos of another planet.
2000 ~ A Florida jury ordered five major tobacco companies to pay smokers $145 billion in punitive damages. (The verdict was later overturned by the Florida Supreme Court.).
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