07-14-2005, 05:06 AM
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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.
1827 ~ The first Roman Catholic Mass was celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It was the foundation of the present-day Diocese of Honolulu.
1862 ~ Birthday of Gustav Klimt, Austrian Painter & Graphic Artist.
1881 ~ Death of Billy the Kid, American Outlaw.
1887 ~ Death of Alfred Krupp, German Munitions Manufacturer.
1912 ~ Birthday of Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye, Canadian Literary Critic.
1913 ~ Birthday of Gerald Ford, U.S. President.
1933 ~ Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
1965 ~ Mariner 4 flyby of Mars took the first close-up photos of another planet.
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