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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the revolutionary days in Paris and now a national holiday, the 14th of July ("Bastille Day") is celebrated with a mixture of solemn military parades and easygoing dancing and fireworks. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has been commemorated in France for more than a century.

Detailed explanation-2: -In France, Bastille Day is commonly known as ‘Fête Nationale, ’ or the National Celebration. However, the English-speaking world has taken to calling it Bastille Day to honor the moment in 1789 when a mob of French revolutionaries charged into Paris’ Bastille, a major point in the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today is the French national holiday known as Bastille Day in the United States. The French call it le 14 juillet or la Fête nationale. Celebrations will be held worldwide to mark this anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille - a Paris prison that housed political prisoners prior to the French Revolution of 1789.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fête nationale (English: National Day or National Celebration) is a holiday in many places, frequently as a public holiday. It is a French language term for National Holiday, so is used in places that use French. It may refer to: Bastille Day (July 14) in France, Fête nationale française.

Detailed explanation-5: -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 14 July each year in Paris since 1880, almost without exception.