Historical Events In July - 14

1927  On this day in history 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii   

1927  On July - 14 john William Chancellor, Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)   

1928  Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher on July - 14.   

1929  George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher on this day in history.   

1930  On July - 14 w H Ashley, cricketer (Test S Africa, 7 wkts), dies   

1932  On July - 14 belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders   

1933  East European Jewish immigrants are stripped of German citizenship on this day in history.   

1933  Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness on July - 14.   

1934  116ø F (47ø C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record) on this day in history.   

1934  C Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda & #1326 Losaka on July - 14.   

1934  NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time on July - 14.   

1934  116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) on July - 14.   

1936  116ø F (47ø C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) on this day in history.   

1936  On July - 14 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front govt   

1938  Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest on July - 14.   

1938  Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies on this day in history.   

1940  On July - 14 due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps   

1940  Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies on this day in history.   

1941  On July - 14 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp   

1942  Captain Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the second of two Victoria Crosses in Egypt on July - 14.   

1942  1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork on July - 14.   

1942  Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies on this day in history.   

1943  Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested   

1945  On this day in history battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan   

1946  On July - 14 dr Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published   

1947  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright on this day in history.   

1948  Israel bombs Cairo on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated   

1949  On this day in history uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb   

1949  Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On July - 14 rE Wayne awarded first Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea   

1950  RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea on this day in history.   

1951  On July - 14 citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races   

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1454  Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on July - 14.   

1486  On this day in history birth of andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)   

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 July - 14.   

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

1610  On July - 14 birth of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)   

1634  On July - 14 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  Death of Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0937  Death of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria on July - 14.   

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

1298  On this day in history jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies   

1575  On July - 14 death of richard Taverner, English Bible translator   

1614  Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 on July - 14.   

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

1711  Death of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 on this day in history.