On this day: Parisian crowd storms the Bastille, igniting the French Revolution in 1789

World historyon this day On this day: Parisian crowd storms the Bastille, igniting the French Revolution in 1789 Anonymous Prise De La Bastille Relevant News On this day: Parisian crowd storms the Bastille, igniting the French Revolution in 1789 14 July 2026 Vandals cut chains with angle grinder to park on Mackenzie beach 14 July 2026 Things to do on Tuesday, July 14 14 July 2026 newsroom 14 July 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 14: 1904 – Paul Kruger, South African politician, died in exile in Switzerland. He led the Transvaal during the 1899-1902 Boer War against Britain, which was seeking to extend its commercial interests after the discovery of gold. 1933 – The Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler banned all opposition parties in Germany. 1935 – Bastille Day in Paris. 1965 – Adlai Stevenson, twice Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency who lost to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, died in London. 1998 – Richard McDonald, who pioneered the fast-food concept that evolved into McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain, died. He was 89. 1999 – Peru captured Oscar Ramirez, alias Feliciano, the leader of the Shining Path rebel group. 2003 – Compay Segundo, the veteran Cuban singer and guitarist who shot from oblivion to international fame at the sunset of his life with the Grammy-winning record “Buena Vista Social Club,” died. He was 95. 2005 – U.S. scientists announced that they had detected a planet outside our solar system with not one, but three suns, a finding that challenged astronomers’ theories of planet formation. 2006 – Jaroslaw Kaczynski was sworn in as Poland’s prime minister by his twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski. 2006 – Israeli jets fire at Lebanon’s Zahrani bridge. 2012 – Oregon pair attempt to break world record for longest two-man cluster balloon flight. (Reuters) Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Vandals cut chains with angle grinder to park on Mackenzie beach Things to do on Tuesday, July 14 Fitto’s appointment as EU Cyprus envoy seen as institutional boost More than 260,000 evacuated as Typhoon Bavi brings severe floods Firefighters battle Fontainebleau forest fire near Paris as two arrested Bangkok governor vows tighter regulations as pub fire death toll rises to 30 “Mafia State” investigators begin studying evidence at Nicosia base Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.