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1847: Liberia gains independence
1948: U.S. military desegregated
1971: Apollo 15 launch

1946: Atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll
1978: First 鈥渢est tube baby鈥� born
2010: Wikileaks documents posted

1915: SS Eastland tragedy in Chicago
1959: Nixon-Khrushchev 鈥淜itchen Debate鈥�
2010: Love Parade festival stampede

1903: Ford sells first car
1996: Kerri Strug鈥檚 heroic vault
2012: Penn State football penalties levied

1934: John Dillinger shot down by federal agents
1943: American forces capture Palermo

1999: Ill-fated Woodstock festival begins

1961: First Battle of Bull Run fought
2002: Ernie Els wins British Open
2023: 鈥楤arbenheimer鈥� reached its peak
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1976: America鈥檚 Viking 1 lands on Mars
2010: Kagan approved for Supreme Court
2015: U.S. and Cuba restore relations
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1969: Apollo 11 astronauts go into orbit
1980: Moscow Summer Olympics begin
1990: Pete Rose sentenced for tax evasion

1536: England voids pope鈥檚 authority
1918: Nelson Mandela is born
1925: Hitler publishes 鈥楳ein Kampf鈥�
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1936: Spanish Civil War begins
1975: Apollo docks with Soyuz spacecraft
2020: Civil rights icon John Lewis dies
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1951: 鈥楾he Catcher in the Rye鈥� published
2004: Martha Stewart sentenced to prison
2016: Trump introduces Pence as VP

1834: The Spanish Inquisition was abolished
1916: Boeing Co. was founded in Seattle
2006: Twitter (now X) launched to public

Today in History:

On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside

1793: Jean-Paul Marat was assassinated
1863: Rioting against the Civil War military draft in NYC
1923: 鈥淗OLLYWOODLAND鈥� sign dedicated in Hollywood Hills

Today鈥檚 Highlight in History: On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

1798: U.S. Marine Corps formally re-established by a congressional act.
1804: Aaron Burr mortally wounds Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel.
In 1859, Big Ben chimes for the first time.

1509: John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation, was born.
1890: Wyoming was admitted as the 44th US state.
1925: Jury selection in the trial of John T. Scopes.

1944: American forces secured Saipan during World War II

1947: Announcement of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten engagement

2010: Largest U.S.-Russia spy swap since the Cold War

1776: First public reading of Declaration of Independence.
1853: Commodore Matthew Perry expedition arrives in Yedo Bay, Japan

1907: Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first 鈥淔ollies.鈥�

1898: U.S. annexes Hawaii
1990: First 鈥淭hree Tenors鈥� concert
2013: Brit Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

1483: England鈥檚 King Richard III is crowned
1942: Anne Frank enters annex in Amsterdam
2013: Plane crashes at San Francisco airport

1811: Venezuela declares independence from Spain
1947: Doby is the first Black player in the AL
1994: Jeff Bezos founds Amazon

1826: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die
1939: Lou Gehrig delivers farewell speech
1960: The current American flag is adopted

1775: Washington commands Continental Army
1944: Soviet forces recapture Minsk
2011: Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon

1881: President James A. Garfield is shot
1937: Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific
2018: Trapped Thai soccer team found alive

1903: The first Tour de France begins
1984: The first PG-13 movie debuts
2018: LeBron James signs with the Lakers

1934: Hitler launches 鈥渂lood purge鈥� of rivals

1958: US Senate passes Alaska statehood bill

2021: Bill Cosby is released from prison

1613: A fire destroys London鈥檚 Globe Theatre

1978: Actor Bob Crane is found dead

2009: Madoff receives a 150-year sentence

1838: Britain鈥檚 Queen Victoria is crowned

1940: President Roosevelt signs the Smith Act

1950: North Korean forces capture Seoul

1974: President Nixon visits the Soviet Union

2005: BTK serial killer pleads guilty

2017: Malicious software hits Europe

1925: Chaplin鈥檚 鈥楾he Gold Rush鈥� is premiered

1945: UN Charter is signed by 50 countries

1963: President Kennedy visits West Berlin