Bastille Day
- 1989 :199 years after the fête, France celebrates 200th anniversary of French Revolution, notably with a monumental show on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, directed by French designer Jean-Paul Goude. President François Mitterrand hosts world leaders.
- 1998 : Two days after the French football team becomes world champions, huge celebrations took place nationwide
- 2002 : A far-right assassin's bullet misses French president Jacques Chirac during Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
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Bastille Day in media
- "Bastille Day" is a song by the Canadian band Rush from the 1975 album Caress of Steel.
- The White Stripes played their first show on the 14 July 1997 and always reference Bastille Day when referring to their start date.
- "Bastille Day" is an episode title from the television series "Battlestar Galactica."
- In the 1964 film, Paris When It Sizzles, Richard Benson (William Holden) and Gabriel Simpson (Audrey Hepburn) write the screenplay of a movie about a series of escapades that take place on Bastille Day.
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