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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day" title="Bastille Day">Bastille Day</a></b> in France (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Rosalia" title="Saint Rosalia">Festino di Santa Rosalia</a></b> begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, Italy
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791" title="1791">1791</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley_Riots" title="Priestley Riots">Priestley Riots</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>, targeting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Dissenters" title="English Dissenters">religious dissenters</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a>, began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a> – The medieval <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Campanile" title="St Mark's Campanile">St Mark's Campanile</a></b> in Venice collapsed, also demolishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggetta_del_Sansovino" title="Loggetta del Sansovino">Loggetta del Sansovino</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – Early in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, North Korean troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon" title="Battle of Taejon">began attacking</a></b> the headquarters of the American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Infantry Division (United States)">24th Infantry Division</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Taejon</a>, South Korea.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hour period in parts of Montreal, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_flood_of_1987" title="Montreal flood of 1987">causing severe flooding</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – A man <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack" title="2016 Nice truck attack">deliberately drove a truck into crowds</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a>, France, resulting in 86 deaths.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_6th_Earl_of_Gloucester" title="Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester">Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1262); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estella_Hijmans-Hertzveld" title="Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld">Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1837); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihran_Kassabian" title="Mihran Kassabian">Mihran Kassabian</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani" title="Maryam Mirzakhani">Maryam Mirzakhani</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2017)</p>