Historical Events In July - 14

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

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

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

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 July - 14.  

1956  On this day in history boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0  

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

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  Iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists on this day in history.  

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 July - 14 abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered  

1959  The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass on July - 14.  

1959  1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass on this day in history.  

1959  On July - 14 grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79  

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 this day in history.  

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

1962  Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished on this day in history.  

1965  On July - 14 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 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 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 July - 14.  

1968  On this day in history westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64  

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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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history 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  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

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

0937  On July - 14 death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria  

1223  On this day in history philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57  

1298  Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 July - 14.