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History Events on July 14

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History Events on July 14

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The Federal Reserve Banks begins removing large denominations of United States currency from circulation.

#Federal_Reserve_Bank

In 1969

Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.

#Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua

In 1771

Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, lands his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.

#Harry_Atwood

In 1911

Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader.

#14_July_Revolution

In 1958

First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.

#First_ascent_of_the_Matterhorn

In 1865

The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.

#St_Mark's_Campanile

In 1902

The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.

#Chicago_Fire_of_1874

In 1874

Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.

#Gleichschaltung

In 1933

Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.

#Louis_VIII_of_France

In 1223

Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.

#Battle_of_Vítkov_Hill

In 1420

French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.

#Fête_de_la_Fédération

In 1790

World War I: The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire begins.

#World_War_I

In 1915

Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

#Eight-Nation_Alliance

In 1900

World War I: Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.

#Battle_of_Delville_Wood

In 1916

The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.

#Priestley_Riots

In 1791

Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.

#Jane_Goodall

In 1960

Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.

#World's_fair

In 1853

An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong flees the capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advance toward the city.[citation needed]

#An_Lushan_Rebellion

In 756

French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.

#French_Revolution

In 1789

Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.

#Rawya_Ateya

In 1957

NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.

#NASA

In 2015

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.

#Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877

In 1877

Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.

#Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)

In 1789

386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards.

#386BSD

In 1992

The Nazi eugenics begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.

#Nazi_eugenics

In 1933

In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.

#Diamond,_Missouri

In 1943

Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.

#Korean_War

In 1950

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

#Billy_the_Kid

In 1881

Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.

#Football_War

In 1969

The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

#Alien_and_Sedition_Acts

In 1798

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.

#Howard_Hughes

In 1938

Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.

#Palmiro_Togliatti

In 1948

A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.

In 2016

The dedication of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

In 2013

Hurricane Claudette gathers strength over the Gulf of Mexico and heads for the Texas coast, killing two people.

In 2003

French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations.

In 2002

Capital punishment is abolished in Canada.

In 1976

The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.

In 1965

People's Seimas held parliamentary elections, and the Union of Labor Lithuania (ULL) won, paving the way for Lithuania to become Lithuanian SSR; Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, consolidating into the Soviet Union on July 21, 1940.

In 1940

New Vietnam Revolutionary Party is founded in Hu?, providing some of the communist party's most important leaders in its early years.

In 1928

An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).

In 1769

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