Tuesday, July 14, 2015

History for July 14

History for July 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Irving Stone 1903, William Hanna 1910, Woody Guthrie 1912 


Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913, Ingmar Bergman 1918, Dale Robertson 1923 


1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais. 


1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside. 


1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government. 


1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure. 



1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel. 


1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed. 


1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was first published. 


1958 - The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.







2003 - Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio

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