Historical Events In July - 14

1951  On July - 14 the first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)   

1951  "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances on July - 14.   

1951  On this day in history sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

1952  On July - 14 sS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)   

1953  On July - 14 the first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

1953  On this day in history 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

1954  117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) on this day in history.   

1954  118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) on July - 14.   

1954  On this day in history 117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)   

1954  Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 on July - 14.   

1955  2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England on July - 14.   

1956  Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58   

1957  On this day in history soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270   

1958  On July - 14 iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal   

1958  On this day in history iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

1958  On this day in history iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists   

1958  On July - 14 king Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad   

1958  On July - 14 general Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq   

1958  On this day in history abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered   

1959  On this day in history the first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass   

1959  1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass on July - 14.   

1959  On July - 14 grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79   

1960  On July - 14 fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300   

1960  On this day in history barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament   

1961  On this day in history astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500   

1962  Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished on July - 14.   

1965  On this day in history uS Mariner IV, first Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)   

1965  Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies on July - 14.   

1966  On this day in history in Chicago, Illinois, eight student nurses were killed in what was called the"crime of the century." Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Paison--all nursing students at the South Chicago Community Hospital--were strangled or stabbed to death by Richard Spec   

1966  On this day in history richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory   

1967  Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing on July - 14.   

1968  On July - 14 brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick   

1968  Westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1454  On July - 14 birth of poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494)   

1486  Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets) was born on July - 14.   

1602  On July - 14 birth of jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)   

1608  George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane was born on July - 14.   

1610  Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)   

1671  On this day in history birth of jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)   

0664  On July - 14 death of deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury   

0937  On July - 14 death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria   

1223  Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 on July - 14.   

1298  On July - 14 jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies   

1575  On this day in history death of richard Taverner, English Bible translator   

1614  On July - 14 camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64   

1671  Death of Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599) on July - 14.   

1711  On July - 14 death of johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23