Page 6: 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 July - 14 sS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)   

1953  The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on this day in history.   

1953  On July - 14 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

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

1954  On this day in history 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 July - 14 jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

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

1956  On this day in history boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0   

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

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  On July - 14 iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

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

1958  On this day in history 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 July - 14 abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered   

1959  The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass on this day in history.   

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

1959  Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 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  On this day in history borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

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

1965  On July - 14 adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies   

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  Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory on July - 14.   

1967  Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing on this day in history.   

1968  Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick on this day in history.   

1968  On July - 14 westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64   

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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  On this day in history birth of jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)   

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

1610  On this day in history 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  Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) was born on July - 14.   

1671  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on July - 14.   

0664  On this day in history death of deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury   

0937  Death of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

1223  On this day in history philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57   

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 this day in history camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64   

1671  Death of Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599) on this day in history.   

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