Historical Events In July - 14

1951  The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) on this day in history.   

1951  "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances on this day in history.   

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

1952  On this day in history sS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)   

1953  The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on July - 14.   

1953  On July - 14 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  On July - 14 118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)   

1954  On July - 14 117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)   

1954  On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

1955  On this day in history 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England   

1956  On July - 14 boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0   

1956  Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1957  Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 on July - 14.   

1958  Iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal on July - 14.   

1958  Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty on July - 14.   

1958  Iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists on July - 14.   

1958  King Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad on July - 14.   

1958  On this day in history general Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq   

1958  On July - 14 abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered   

1959  The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass on July - 14.   

1959  1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass on this day in history.   

1959  Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 on July - 14.   

1960  Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 on this day in history.   

1960  Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1961  Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on July - 14.   

1962  Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished on this day in history.   

1965  On July - 14 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 July - 14 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 July - 14 richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory   

1967  On this day in history surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing   

1968  Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick on July - 14.   

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

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1454  Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On July - 14 birth of andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)   

1602  Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) was born on July - 14.   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

1610  On July - 14 birth of ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane   

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

1634  On July - 14 birth of pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)   

1671  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 on July - 14.