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

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

1952  On this day in history sS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)   

1953  On this day in history the first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

1953  1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on this day in history.   

1954  On July - 14 117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)   

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

1954  117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record) on July - 14.   

1954  Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1955  2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England on this day in history.   

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

1958  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300   

1960  On July - 14 barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament   

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

1962  On July - 14 borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

1965  US Mariner IV, first Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) on July - 14.   

1965  Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies on July - 14.   

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  On July - 14 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 this day in history 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  On July - 14 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

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

1610  Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 14 death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria   

1223  On July - 14 philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57   

1298  On July - 14 jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies   

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

1614  Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1671  On July - 14 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.