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AP PHOTOS: "All of Germany is the world champion"
• The party was already underway in Berlin, though there were a couple of nervous moments before the revelers could really let themselves go.
• Mario Goetze had just struck late in extra-time for Germany, scoring the lone goal against Argentina in the World Cup final.
• With a 1-0 victory, Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said after the match: "All of Germany is the world champion."
• The theme was picked up by a top official in Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, Peter Tauber, who tweeted, "Good morning, you world champions out there!"
• "I can't remember very much but it doesn't matter now," Germany midfielder Christoph Kramer said, shrugging off his head injury from the first half.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Monday, July 14, the 195th day of 2014. There are 170 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
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• On this date:
• In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico.
• In 1913, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Neb.
• In 1914, scientist Robert H. Goddard received a U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket apparatus.
• In 1921, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts, of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)
• In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. Cartoon character Popeye the Sailor made his movie debut in the Fleischer Studios ani (Continued on page 27)
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