Page 6: Historical Events In July - 14

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

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

1951  On July - 14 sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

1952  SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) on this day in history.   

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

1954  On July - 14 jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

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 July - 14.   

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

1957  On July - 14 soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270   

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

1958  Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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 on this day in history.   

1966  On July - 14 richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory   

1967  On July - 14 surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing   

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

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

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

1608  George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657) was born on July - 14.   

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 July - 14.   

1634  Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) was born on July - 14.   

1671  On July - 14 birth of jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)   

0664  Death of Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury on July - 14.   

0937  On this day in history 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 July - 14.   

1575  Death of Richard Taverner, English Bible translator on July - 14.   

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 this day in history.