more events on July 14
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1964
The United States sends 600 more troops to Vietnam.
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1951
The George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American.
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1945
American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time.
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1941
Vichy French Foreign Legionaries sign an armistice in Damascus, allowing them to join the Free French Foreign Legion.
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1940
A force of German bombers attacks Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete.
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1938
Howard Hughes and crew set a new world record for an around-the-world flight.
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1933
Nazi Germany promulgates the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health–the beginning of the Euthanasia program.
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1918
Arthur Laurents, writer and librettist.
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Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander).
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1916
Natalia Ginzburg, Italian novelist (The Dry Heat, Family Sayings).
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1913
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974-1977).
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1912
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie, American folk singer.
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1904
Isaac Singer, Polish-born American writer.
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1903
Irving Stone, biographical novelist.
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1900
European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.
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1864
At Harrisburg, Mississippi, Federal troops under General Andrew Jackson Smith repulse an attack by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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1860
Owen Wister, novelist (The Virginian).
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1858
Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union.
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1798
The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
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1789
The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob.
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1536
France and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lyons, aligning themselves against Spain.
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1456
Hungarians defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Belgrade, in present-day Yugoslavia.
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1430
Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
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1223
In France, Louis VIII succeeds his father, Philip Augustus.