1789 - Bastille, a prison housing only 7 prisoners at the time, was stormed by a crowd calling for the closure of the prison. The storming became the central event of the French Revolution.
1957 - Egyptian Rawya Ateya became the first woman to be elected to the National Assembly.
1965 - The American spacecraft Mariner 4 became the first to take pictures of another planet and send them back to Earth.
2016 - The attack took place during Bastille Day Celebrations, when a 19-tonne truck was driven into the crowd. The attacker was eventually shot by the police.
Tengaged History:
- I looked around for like 20 minutes to find out who joined on this day and couldn't find anyone, found someone for tomorrow though! LMK if you know someone who's T anniversary is today!
- Also whoever won Stars would be good here :D
