July 14, 1789: a Paris mob storms the Bastille prison, now marked annually as Bastille Day, a French national holiday. June 14, 1927: the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR decrees the establishment of coastal nature preserves on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. July 15, 1410: Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian forces defeat the Teutonic knights in the Battle of Grunwald. July 15, 1920: an Institute of Public Education is established in Kyiv (currently the Drahomanov Ukrainian State Pedagogical University). July 16, 1990: the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopts the Declaration of the State Sovereignty of Ukraine. July 16, 1993: the President of Ukraine signs an edict establishing the Lesia Ukrainka University of Volyn, based on the Lutsk Pedagogical Institute. July 17, 1918: Russia's last Emperor Nicholas II and his family are massacred in Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks. July 17, 1933: the first passenger ship sets off from Kyiv to Kherson after completion of the Dniprelstan (now Dniprohes) hydroelectric station. July 18, 1863: Imperial Russia's Valuev Circular bans book publishing and performances in Ukrainian. July 18, 1968: a unique small-section mill starts operating at Zaporzhstal Steel Works in Zaporizhzhia. July 19: Metallurgist's Day. July 19, 1918: the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Canada is founded. July 19, 1980: the Moscow Olympics open. July 20: International Chess Day. July 20, 1920: the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR decrees the establishment of the first medical research institute. July 20, 1993: the UN Security Council determines that the Russian Parliament's resolution concerning Sevastopol's status is legally invalid.






