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| July 14th |
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| About July 14th is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 170 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1860 - Owen Wister, author of western fiction 1910 - William Hanna, animator, director, cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 1913 - Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. President 1918 - Ingmar Bergman, director, writer, producer (Through a Glass Darkly) 1975 - Taboo, musician, rapper (Black Eyed Peas) 1982 - Dmitry Chaplin, dancer (So You Think You Can Dance) Deaths 1881 - Billy the Kid, American frontier outlaw, gunman 1965 - Adlai Stevenson, 1952 and 1956 U.S. Presidential canddiate Events 1798 - False and malicious statements against the United States government, written or spoken, become a federal crime under the Sedition Act. 1965 - Mariner 4, a spacecraft launched by NASA, takes the first close-up photos of another planet as it flys by Mars. 1969 - The United States government withdraws $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills from circulation. 2003 - The United States Government admits "Area 51" exists, a rural military base in Nevada. |
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