Historical Events In July - 14

1951  On this day in history the first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)  

1951  On July - 14 "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances  

1951  Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies on July - 14.  

1952  On July - 14 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  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 July - 14.  

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.  

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

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 July - 14.  

1957  Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 on July - 14.  

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

1958  On July - 14 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  Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1968  Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick on this day in history.  

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

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1454  Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on this day in history.  

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

1602  Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 14.  

0664  On this day in history death of deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury  

0937  Death of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.  

1223  On this day in history 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 July - 14.  

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.