Page 6: Historical Events In July - 14

1951  The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) on July - 14.   

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

1951  Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies on this day in history.   

1952  SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) on July - 14.   

1953  On July - 14 the first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

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 July - 14.   

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

1956  Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58 on July - 14.   

1957  Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 on this day in history.   

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

1958  On this day in history iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

1958  On July - 14 iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists   

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 July - 14.   

1958  Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered on July - 14.   

1959  On July - 14 the first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass   

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 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  Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament on July - 14.   

1961  On July - 14 astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500   

1962  On this day in history borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

1965  On this day in history 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  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 July - 14.   

1966  On this day in history richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory   

1967  On July - 14 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  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 this day in history.   

1610  Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane was born on this day in history.   

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

1634  Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 14 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 July - 14.   

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