Wednesday 14 July 2010

On This Day - 14th July



1881 - Billy the Kid (William Bonney) is killed
1902 - St Marks Campanile (Venice) Collaps
1910 - William Hanna born
1912 - Woody Guthrie born
1913 - Gerald R. Ford (38th U.S. President) born
1918 - Ingmar Bergman born
1923 - Dale Robertson born
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton born
1927 - John Chancellor born
1930 - Polly Bergen born
1932 - Roosevelt Grier born
1941 - Maulana Karenga born

1958 - A military revolt in Iraq overthrows the monarchy and prompts King Hussein of Jordan to call for British and US military help to avert a similar rebellion in his country.
1971 - Police in Cheshire call off the hunt for the murderer of three French tourists after another body is found.
1989 - About 500 people are involved in scuffles as Parisians celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution.
1991 -British troops protecting the Kurdish population in Iraq begin to pull out amid fears of reprisal.
2001 - Six days of crisis talks to save the Northern Ireland peace process end in deadlock.

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