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  2. Bastille Day - Wikipedia

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    Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally [ 3 ] and commonly, as le 14 juillet ( French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ] ) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.

  3. Bastille Day military parade - Wikipedia

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    The Bastille Day military parade, also known as the 14 July military parade, translation of the French name of Défilé militaire du 14 juillet, is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of Bastille Day, 14 July, each year in Paris since 1880, almost without exception.

  4. France's Bastille Day parade meets the Olympic torch relay in ...

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    Paris is hosting an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the ...

  5. July 14 - Wikipedia

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    1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. [8] Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France. [9] 1790 – Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation. [10]

  6. France celebrates Bastille Day with pomp, a tribute to India ...

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    France celebrated its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris — and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the country to prevent a new ...

  7. Short Film on Rise of Antisemitism in France to Air on All ...

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    The short film was picked up by France Televisions, TF1 and M6, and was broadcast on Bastille Day. It was also released on web platforms and became instantly viral, along with the slogan of the ...

  8. Place de la Bastille - Wikipedia

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    The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.

  9. France bans fireworks sales amid fears of renewed violence ...

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    France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots.