🎉 Bastille Day in France
Where: Eiffel Tower, Paris
📅 On This Day: July 14
July 14: Bastille Day in France. 14 July is France's national day. It remembers the storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris in 1789 and the Festival of the Federation in 1790, which celebrated the unity of the French people. At night, fireworks sparkle around the Eiffel Tower.
✨ More events on this day
- 1910 🎨 Animator William Hanna was born in 1910; with Joseph Barbera he created famous cartoons like Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.
- 1960 🌿 Young Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe in Tanzania in 1960 to study wild chimpanzees, and she later discovered that they make and use tools. Chimpanzee →
- 2015 🚀 NASA's New Horizons probe zoomed past Pluto in 2015, sending back the first close-up pictures, including a giant heart-shaped plain of ice.
🧠 Question of the day
What can you see around the Eiffel Tower that night?
- Fireworks
- Snowmen
- The northern lights
Show the answer
Answer: Fireworks
🎂 Landmarks that opened on July 14
🐾 World day: World Chimpanzee Day
On this day in 1960, Jane Goodall began studying wild chimpanzees at Gombe, Tanzania. Chimps make tools from sticks.
Questions
What happened on July 14?
July 14: Bastille Day in France. It happened in Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Which landmarks opened on July 14?
Grande Arche de la Défense (inaugurated 1989).
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