French Bastille Day
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National Nude Day (NZ)
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Lulai: July PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Julai: July HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “You are a hawk, I am a hawk.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Some men rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.” (Woodie Guthrie) WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — World Clock WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Honey Bee Mystery NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Apple Phone Show GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the Hungry
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 14th
1789: The citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison and release the seven prisoners inside
1798: The Sedition Act is passed: prohibits “false, scandalous & malicious” writing against the U.S. government
1832: Opium is exempted from federal tariff duty
1921: Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted in Dedham, MA
1986: Richard W. Miller becomes the first FBI agent convicted of espionage
1999: Race-based school busing in Boston ends after 25 years
2000: A Florida jury orders five major tobacco companies to pay smokers a record $145 billion in punitive damages
2004: The Senate votes 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
BORN ON THIS DAY — July 14th
1486: Andrea del Sarto, painter
1834: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter
1858: Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette
1862: Gustav Klimt, Art Nouveau painter
1903: Irving Stone, author
1904: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish novelist
1910: William Hanna, animator
1911: Terry-Thomas, actor
1912: Woodie Guthrie, folksinger/songwriter
1913: Gerald Rudolph Ford, 38th U.S. President
1918: Ingmar Bergman, film director
1918: Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory
1926: Harry Dean Stanton, actor
1932: Roosevelt Greer, football player/social activist
1952: Chris Cross, rock singer
1966: Mathew Fox, actor
1967: Patrick Kennedy, Congressman (D-RI)
