July 14^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

Woody Guthrie: Biography of the Day

Woody Guthrie

"My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been messages that I tried to scatter across the back sides and along the steps of the fire escapes and on the windowsills and throughout the dark halls."

Woody Guthrie

American singer and composer Woody Guthrie, born this day in 1912, wrote politically charged songs of common people and their struggles, especially during the Depression, and his classics include This Land Is Your Land.

 

Bastille stormed by Paris mob: 14 July 1789 - This Day in History

On this day in 1789, a mob advanced on the Bastille in Paris, demanding the arms and munitions stored there, but, when the guards resisted, the crowd captured the prison, an act that symbolized the end of the ancien régime.

More Events on this day:

1968: American baseball great Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run.

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.

1881: American gunfighter Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett.

1865: British mountaineer Edward Whymper climbed the Matterhorn.