1900 –<\/strong> European Allies retook Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.<\/p>\n 1908 –<\/strong> “The Adventures of Dolly” opened at the Union Square Theatre in New York City.<\/p>\n 1911 –<\/strong> Harry N. Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the White House to accept an award from U.S. President William Taft.<\/p>\n 1914 –<\/strong> Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.<\/p>\n 1933 –<\/strong> All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.<\/p>\n 1940 –<\/strong> A force of German Ju-88 bombers attacked Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete.<\/p>\n 1941 –<\/strong> Vichy French Foreign Legionaries signed an armistice in Damascus, which allowed them to join the Free French Foreign Legion.<\/p>\n 1945 –<\/strong> American battleships and cruisers bombarded the Japanese home islands for the first time.<\/p>\n 1946 –<\/strong> Dr. Benjamin Spock\u2019s “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care” was first published.<\/p>\n 1951 –<\/strong> The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport,\u00a0NJ.<\/p>\n 1951 –<\/strong> The George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, MO, became the first national park to honor an African American.<\/p>\n 1958 –<\/strong> The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.<\/p>\n 1965 –<\/strong> The American space probe\u00a0Mariner 4<\/i>\u00a0flew by Mars, and sent back photographs of the planet.<\/p>\n 1967 –<\/strong> Eddie Mathews (Houston Astros) hit his 500th career home run.<\/p>\n 1968 –<\/strong> Hank Aaron (Atlanta Braves) hit his 500th career home run.<\/p>\n 1981 –<\/strong> The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. The game was held on August 9.<\/p>\n 1998 –<\/strong> Los Angeles sued 15 tobacco companies for $2.5 billion over the dangers of secondhand smoke.<\/p>\n 2001 –<\/strong> Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. It was the first time that China had been awarded the games.<\/p>\n 2003 –<\/strong> Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from\u00a0Ohio.<\/p>\n 2008 –<\/strong> The\u00a0iTunes Music Store\u00a0reached 10 million applications downloaded.<\/p>\n 2008 –<\/strong> In Japan, construction began on the Tokyo Skytree tower.<\/p>\n 2009 –<\/strong> The\u00a0iTunes Music Store\u00a0reached 1.5 billion applications downloaded.<\/p>\n 2015 –<\/strong> NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft became the first space mission to explore Pluto.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2013<\/strong> A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.<\/p>\n 1981 \u2013<\/strong> Matti Hautam\u00e4ki, Finnish ski jumper History of 14 July 1900 – European Allies retook Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers. 1908 – “The Adventures of Dolly” opened at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. 1911 – Harry N. Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the White House to accept an award from U.S. President William Taft. 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\n1981 \u2013<\/strong> Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-American dancer, and choreographer
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Achille Coser, Italian footballer
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Igor Andreev, a Russian tennis player
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Thomas Howard, American football player (d. 2013)
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Tito Mu\u00f1oz, American conductor and academic
\n1984 \u2013<\/strong> Renaldo Balkman, American basketball player
\n1984 \u2013<\/strong> Erica Blasberg, American golfer (d. 2010)
\n1984 \u2013<\/strong> Samir Handanovi\u0107, Slovenian footballer
\n1984 \u2013<\/strong> Nilmar, Brazilian footballer[16]
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> Billy Celeski, Australian footballer
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> Darrelle Revis, American football player
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> Chris Wright, English cricketer
\n1986 \u2013<\/strong> Alexander Gerndt, Swedish footballer
\n1986 \u2013<\/strong> Nikolay Kulemin, Russian ice hockey player
\n1986 \u2013<\/strong> Dan Smith, English singer-songwriter
\n1987 \u2013<\/strong> Aqeel Ahmed, English director, producer, and screenwriter
\n1987 \u2013<\/strong> Margus Hunt, Estonian-American football player, discus thrower, and shot putter
\n1987 \u2013<\/strong> Sean Smith, American football player
\n1987 \u2013<\/strong> Ryan Sweeting, Bahamian-American tennis player
\n1988 \u2013<\/strong> Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
\n1988 \u2013<\/strong> James Vaughan, English footballer
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Sakari Mattila, Finnish footballer
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Rolando McClain, American football player
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Cyril Rioli, Australian rules footballer
\n1991 \u2013<\/strong> Shabazz Napier, American basketball player
\n1993 \u2013<\/strong> Sayaka Yamamoto, Japanese singer
\n1995 \u2013<\/strong> Kim Hyo-Joo, South Korean golfer
\n1995 \u2013<\/strong> Serge Gnabry, German footballer
\n1997 \u2013<\/strong> Cengiz \u00dcnder, Turkish footballer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"