12 History Lessons + 6 Births & 7 Deaths for July 14, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris marks the beginning of the French Revolution.
- 1791 – The Champs de Mars massacre occurs in Paris during a demonstration against King Louis XVI.
- 1853 – Opening of the first major U.S. world’s fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
- 1881 – Outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
- 1933 – All political parties except the Nazi Party are banned in Germany.
- 1943 – In the WWII Battle of Kursk, German forces begin to retreat, marking a major turning point on the Eastern Front.
- 1958 – Iraqi King Faisal II is overthrown and killed in a military coup.
- 1965 – NASA’s Mariner 4 becomes the first spacecraft to send close-up images of Mars.
- 1969 – The United States’ $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
- 1989 – Actor Laurence Olivier dies, widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and film actors of the 20th century.
- 2003 – The U.S. admits there was no solid proof of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- 2016 – A terrorist attack in Nice, France kills 86 people during Bastille Day celebrations.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1952 – Eric Laneuville, American television director and actor (St. Elsewhere) (73)
- 1958 – Jane Lynch, actress and comedian (Glee, Best in Show) (67)
- 1966 – Matthew Fox, actor (Lost) (59)
- 1976 – Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez), member of the Black Eyed Peas (49)
- 1987 – Dan Reynolds, lead singer of Imagine Dragons (38)
- 1993 – Phoebe Waller-Bridge, British actress and writer (Fleabag) (32)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1881 – Billy the Kid, infamous American outlaw (21)
- 1954 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish dramatist and Nobel Laureate (87)
- 1975 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine author and collaborator with Borges (71)
- 1989 – Laurence Olivier, British actor and director (82)
- 2009 – Allan King, Canadian documentary filmmaker (79)
- 2015 – Philippe Zdar, French music producer and member of Cassius (47)
- 2019 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxing champion (55)
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