Batman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.
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The French Revolution began when the Parisians invaded Bastille Prison.
A patent was granted to Robert Goddard for a liquid-filled rocket.
Harper Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' was published.
NASA's New Horizons space probe completed the first flyby of Pluto in the history of human spaceflight.
President of France, Jacques Chirac narrowly escaped an assassination during the Bastille Day celebration.
