On this day in 1789 during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille.
On this day in 1867, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel demonstrated the use of dynamite for the first time.
On this day in 1933, Adolf Hitler pronounced the Nazi party as the only legitimate political party in Germany.
On this day in 1957, Rawya Ateya took her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.