14TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF FRANCE (BASTILLE DAY) & OF IRAQ.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARCELLINUS OR MARCHELM; ST
CAMILLUS de LELLIS; ST ULRIC; OF ZELL; & ST DEUSDEDIT OF CANTERBURY." |
| 14TH |
1789 |
CITIZENS OF PARIS STORM AND CAPTURE THE "BASTILLE
PRISON" MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. |
| 14TH |
1823 |
DURING A VISIT TO BRITAIN, "KING
KAMEHAMEHA II" OF HAWAII & HIS QUEEN DIED OF MEASLES. |
| 14TH |
1867 |
EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURER, "ALFRED NOBEL," FIRST
DEMONSTRATED HIS INVENTION, DYNAMITE, IN SURREY ENGLAND. |
| 14TH |
1881 |
OUTLAW "WILLIAM BONNEY" ALIAS
"BILLY THE KID" IS SHOT AND KILLED BY "SHERIFF PAT GARRETT," IN FORT
SUMNER, NEW MEXICO. |
| 14TH |
1906 |
ILLEGAL MELBOURNE BOOKMAKER "DONALD McLEOD" WAS
LYNCHED BY AN ANGRY MOB AT FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE WHEN HE HAD NO MONEY TO PAY OUT. |
| 14TH |
1959 |
THE USS LONG BEACH THE FIRST
NUCLEAR WARSHIP WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 14TH |
1966 |
"BRIGITTE BARDOT" MARRIES "GUNTHER
SACHS." |
| 14TH |
1967 |
ABORTION LEGALISED IN BRITAIN. |
| 14TH |
1971 |
‘DARRYL SOMMER’ MADE HIS TELEVISION DEBUT HOSTING
THE FIVE DAY A WEEK "CARTOON CORNER." |
| 14TH |
1972 |
"GARY GLITTER" &
"THE GLITTERMEN" GIVE THEIR FIRST CONCERT IN WILTSHIRE. |
| 14TH |
1973 |
"BYRDS" GUITARIST, "CLARENCE WHITE" IS
KILLED BY A CAR. |
| 14TH |
1973 |
‘DON & PHIL EVERLY,’
DECIDE TO CALL IT QUITS FOR THE POPULAR DUO, ‘THE EVERLY BROTHERS.’ |
| 14TH |
1980 |
THE TELEVISION QUIZ SHOW, "SALE OF THE CENTURY"
PREMIERES WITH HOST, "TONY BARBER" & HOSTESS, "VICTORIA NICHOLLS." |
| 14TH |
1992 |
44 BEACHED WHALES ARE RESCUED BY NAVY
HELICOPTERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN SYDNEY. |
| 14TH |
1996 |
50 PEOPLE DIE WHEN POLICE FIRED ON A FOOTBALL CROWD IN LIBYA. |
| 14TH |
1999 |
"MALCOLM BLIGHT," COACH OF
THE AFL CLUB, THE ADELAIDE CROWS, QUITS FOLLOWING TWO PREMIERSHIP SEASONS, BUT DURING A
SEASON MARRED WITH INJURY & POOR FORM. |
| 14TH |
2000 |
A LARGE CROWD TURNED OUT WHEN THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY
REACHED GAWLER OVAL, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IN HEAVY RAIN.
WELL KNOWN LOCAL, 83 YEAR OLD, "IRIS STEPHENSON" LIT THE CAULDRON. |
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