Saturday, July 14, 2018

On This Day in History

July 14, 2018

 Historical Events

1789  Bastille Day - the French Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille Prison
1798  US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government
1850  1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie
1933  All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany
1941  6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp
1992  386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds release "Linux" soon afterwards
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Famous Birthdays


Gerald Ford

(1913 - 2006)


Gertrude Bell

(1868 - 1926)

Ingmar Bergman

(1918 - 2007)


William Hanna

(1910 - 2001)
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Famous Deaths


Billy the Kid

(1859 - 1881)

Cicely Saunders

(1918 - 2005)
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July 13th: Voice Of The Century – 'And Not Even Close'


Frank Sinatra cut his first disc on this day. It was a flop. But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”.
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