On This Day for July 14 - Bastille stormed by Paris mob, Woody Guthrie is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. July 14 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Woody Guthrie READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1789 Bastille stormed by Paris mob READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2017: Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani —the first woman and first Iranian to be awarded a Fields Medal, cited for "her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces"—died at age 40. [Take our mathematics quiz.] 2016: In France's third major terrorist attack in 18 months, a man drove a truck through a crowd of revelers celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing more than 80 people and injuring hundreds. [Test your knowledge of French history.] 1969: Easy Rider was released in U.S. theatres, becoming a classic of the counterculture and propelling Jack Nicholson to stardom. [Sort fact from fiction in our film quiz.] 1968: American baseball great Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run. [See where Hank Aaron ranks on our list of the 10 greatest baseball players of all time.] 1921: In a still-controversial decision, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, immigrant Italian anarchists, were found guilty of the murder of two men in Massachusetts. [Read more about this and nine other "trials of the century."] 1881: American gunfighter Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. [Test your knowledge of famous criminals.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1913 Gerald Ford president of the United States 1862 Gustav Klimt Austrian painter 1960 Jane Lynch American actress and comedian 1918 Ingmar Bergman Swedish film director 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst British suffragist 1912 Woody Guthrie American singer and songwriter SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help