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 July - 14.   

1951  On this day in history sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

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

1953  The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on July - 14.   

1953  On this day in history 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  118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) on July - 14.   

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  On this day in history 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England   

1956  On July - 14 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 this day in history.   

1958  On July - 14 iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal   

1958  Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty on July - 14.   

1958  On July - 14 iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists   

1958  On July - 14 king Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad   

1958  General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq on July - 14.   

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

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  On July - 14 grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79   

1960  Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 on July - 14.   

1960  Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500   

1962  On July - 14 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  On July - 14 adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies   

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

1967  Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing on July - 14.   

1968  On this day in history brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick   

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

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1454  On July - 14 birth of poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494)   

1486  Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670) was born on July - 14.   

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

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

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

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

1223  Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1298  Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies on July - 14.   

1575  Death of Richard Taverner, English Bible translator on this day in history.   

1614  On July - 14 camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64   

1671  On this day in history death of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)   

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