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

1951  On July - 14 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 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 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  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 this day in history.   

1958  Iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 14 iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

1958  Iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists on July - 14.   

1958  On this day in history king Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad   

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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1965  US Mariner IV, first Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) on this day in history.   

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 July - 14.   

1966  Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory on this day in history.   

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  Westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 on July - 14.   

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1454  Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on July - 14.   

1486  Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets) was born on July - 14.   

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

1634  On July - 14 birth of pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)   

1671  On this day in history birth of jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)   

0664  On this day in history 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  Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1671  On July - 14 death of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)   

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