Page 6: Historical Events In July - 14

1951  On this day in history 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  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  117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)   

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  On July - 14 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England   

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

1956  On July - 14 jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58   

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

1958  On this day in history iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal   

1958  On July - 14 iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

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

1958  King Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad on this day in history.   

1958  General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq on this day in history.   

1958  Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 14 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 this day in history fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 July - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1608  On July - 14 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

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

1610  On this day in history birth of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)   

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

1671  On July - 14 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 this day in history death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria   

1223  On July - 14 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 July - 14 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.