1789: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille fort.

1862: Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter is born.

1865: The Matterhorn is climbed for the first time.

1881: Outlaw Billy the Kid is shot dead by Pat Garrett.

1912: Woody Guthrie, American folk singer and political activist is born.

1933: Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties, apart from Hitler's Nazi's are banned.

1965: Mariner 4 flies past Mars and sends back the first detailed, close up pictures taken of the surface of another planet.

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