ON THIS DAY

1536: France signs Treaty of Lyons with Portugal for attack on Spain.

1789: Parisians storm the Bastille prison marking the start of French Revolution.

1867: Explosives manufacturer Alfred Nobel first demonstrates dynamite at a quarry in the UK.

1934: Oil pipeline between Mosul, Iraq, and Tripoli, Lebanon, is opened.

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

2007: The Los Angeles archdiocese reaches a $660 million settlement with more than 500 alleged victims of clergy sex abuse.

2016: A truck is deliberately driven into crowds in the French city of Nice killing 86 people.

Birthdays: Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (18621918); US musician Woody Guthrie (1912-1967); Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh (1960-); Australian actress Deborah Mailman (1972-).