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Today is Sunday, July 14, the 195th day of 2026. There are 170 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more Colorado\u2019s Sierra Space lands pivotal $798 million \u2018Golden Dome\u2019 defense contract<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in History:<\/h4>\n

On July 14, 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias \u201cBilly the Kid,\u201d was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners held there.<\/p>\n

In 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.<\/p>\n

In 1912, American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed by the government of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n

In 1945, Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.<\/p>\n

In 1960, 26-year-old Jane Goodall first arrived at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of the wild chimpanzees living there.<\/p>\n

Read more Man fatally shot by Broomfield police did not drop knife after commands, body camera footage shows<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 2004, the Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. (Forty-eight senators voted to advance the measure \u2014 12 short of the 60 needed \u2014 and 50 voted to block it.)<\/p>\n

In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff arrived at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to begin serving a 150-year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)<\/p>\n

In 2013, thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. protested a Florida jury\u2019s decision one day earlier to clear George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.<\/p>\n

In 2015, world powers and Iran struck a deal to curb Iran\u2019s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.<\/p>\n

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In 2016, terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police.<\/p>\n

In 2020, researchers reported that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. boosted people\u2019s immune systems as scientists had hoped; the vaccine was developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.<\/p>\n

In 2022, the National Galleries of Scotland said a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh was discovered behind another of the artist\u2019s paintings when experts took an X-ray of the canvas ahead of an upcoming exhibition.<\/p>\n

Read more US military death toll in Iran war rises to 14 after Navy pilot death this month<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Former football player and actor Rosey Grier is 94.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Vincent Pastore (TV\u201d \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d) is 80.<\/li>\n
  • Music company executive Tommy Mottola (muh-TOH\u2019-luh) is 78.<\/li>\n
  • Movie producer Scott Rudin is 68.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-songwriter Anjelique Kidjo is 66.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-guitarist Kyle Gass (Tenacious D) is 66.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jane Lynch is 66.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jackie Earle Haley is 65.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Matthew Fox is 60.<\/li>\n
  • Rock singer-musician Tanya Donelly is 60.<\/li>\n
  • Olympic gold medal snowboarder Ross Rebagliati is 55.<\/li>\n
  • Country singer Jamey Johnson is 51.<\/li>\n
  • Hip-hop musician Taboo (Black Eyed Peas) is 51.<\/li>\n
  • Actor\/writer\/producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is 41.<\/li>\n
  • Rock singer Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons) is 39.<\/li>\n
  • MMA fighter Conor McGregor is 38.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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