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July 14, 2025

1789: The Bastille, the state prison in Paris, was stormed by the citizens of Paris and burned to the ground at the start of the French Revolution.

1867: Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel first demonstrated the use of dynamite.

1888: The first record company, the North American Phonograph Company, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by businessman Jesse L Lippincott.

1902: The campanile of St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice collapsed during a safety inspection.

1940: The Soviet Union annexed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1946:

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