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-).