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The French Revolution was in full swing as citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began in Martinsburg, West Virginia after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time in a year.

Outlaw William H. Bonney, Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot and killed by sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitched all 17 innings in a 0-0 tie against the Boston Red Sox.  This game was played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts, of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)

All German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

The movie The Pride of the Yankees was released.

Easy Rider premiered at the Beekman Theatre in New York City.