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1941 – Bill Oddie, English comedian, actor, and singer; 1941 – Jim Rodford, English bass player (d. 2018) 1942 – Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (d. 2019) 1943 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007) 1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster; 1944 – Glenys Kinnock, English educator and politician (d. 2023)
31. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of the year.
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.In French, it is formally called the Fête nationale française (French: [fɛt nɑsjɔnal fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; ' French National Celebration '); legally it is known as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]; ' the 14th of July ').
Augustin Dumont's Génie de la Liberté. The July Column (French: Colonne de Juillet) is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830.It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X, King of France, and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis ...
Islamic Extremism. The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. Three terrorists separately detonated three homemade bombs in quick succession aboard ...
On the morning of July 14, the people of Paris seized weapons from the armoury at the Invalides and marched in the direction of an ancient Royal fortress, the Bastille. After a bloody round of firing, the crowd broke into the Bastille and released the handful of prisoners held there. The storming of the Bastille signaled the first victory of ...
The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 ( French: Loi sur la liberté de la presse du 29 juillet 1881 ), often called the Press Law of 1881 or the Lisbonne Law after its rapporteur, Eugène Lisbonne, is a law that defines the freedoms and responsibilities of the media and publishers in France.
