Today In History

In 1789: During the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

In 1798: Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

In 1881: Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.