WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 14
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- 1789 - French Revolution: Parisians stormed the Bastille.
- 1798 - The Sedition Act became United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
- 1933 - In Germany, all political parties were outlawed except the Nazi Party.
- 1958 - Iraqi revolution: King Faisal II was overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem became the nation's new leader.
- 1965 - The Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting the first close-up pictures of another planet
