TODAY IN HISTORY

On July 14, 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, criminalizing publishing false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.

In 1881, outlaw William H.

Bonney Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in present-day New Mexico.

In 1914, scientist Robert H. Goddard received a U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket apparatus.

In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

In 1943, President Franklin

D. Roosevelt signed a measure for a monument honoring scientist George Washington Carver.

In 1980, Ronald Reagan told the Republican national convention he and his supporters were determined to “make America great again.”

In 2014, the Church of England voted to allow women to become bishops.