Today In History

Tue., July 14, 1998

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

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 1853: Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from former President Fillmore, requesting trade relations.

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

In 1933: All German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

In 1966: Eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory. He died in prison in 1991, a day short of his 50th birthday.

In 1976: Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York.

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