Bastille Day
noun
: July 14 observed in France as a national holiday in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789
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As the world’s leading fireworks provider, French pyrotechnics company Etienne Lacroix ships fireworks globally and has supported events such as the Burj Khalifa Grand Opening Fireworks Show in Dubai and Bastille Day, France’s national holiday that is celebrated on July 14 each year.
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Jeanette Rohr, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The deadliest incident was in 2016 in Nice, France, when a truck driver plowed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing more than 80 people; ISIS claimed responsibility.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
Image New Orleans first installed its metal security barriers along Bourbon Street in 2017, after scores of people were killed in a terrorist truck attack on a Bastille Day parade in Nice, France, a year earlier.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The group was deemed to have inspired attacks including the 2016 truck rampage in the French Riviera city of Nice, which killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds more on Bastille Day, and a ramming attack on a London bridge in 2017, which killed two people and injured dozens more.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jeanette Rohr, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The deadliest incident was in 2016 in Nice, France, when a truck driver plowed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing more than 80 people; ISIS claimed responsibility.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
Image New Orleans first installed its metal security barriers along Bourbon Street in 2017, after scores of people were killed in a terrorist truck attack on a Bastille Day parade in Nice, France, a year earlier.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The group was deemed to have inspired attacks including the 2016 truck rampage in the French Riviera city of Nice, which killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds more on Bastille Day, and a ramming attack on a London bridge in 2017, which killed two people and injured dozens more.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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