Today is Monday, July 14, the 195th day of 2014. There are 170 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed
the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
On this date:
In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff
Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico.
In 1913, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr.
in Omaha, Neb.
In 1914, scientist Robert H. Goddard received a U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket apparatus.
In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. Cartoon character Popeye the
Sailor made his movie debut in the Fleischer Studios animated short, "Popeye the Sailor."
In 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.