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  Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies on this day in history.   

1952  On July - 14 sS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)   

1953  The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on this day in history.   

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 July - 14.   

1954  On July - 14 118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)   

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

1954  On July - 14 jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

1955  On July - 14 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England   

1956  Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 on this day in history.   

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

1957  On July - 14 soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270   

1958  Iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal on July - 14.   

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

1958  On this day in history iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists   

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

1958  On July - 14 general Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq   

1958  On July - 14 abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered   

1959  On July - 14 the first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass   

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  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  Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory   

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

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

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

1602  Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) was born on July - 14.   

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  On July - 14 birth of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)   

1634  On this day in history 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 July - 14 death of deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury   

0937  On this day in history death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria   

1223  On July - 14 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  On this day in history camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64   

1671  Death of Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599) on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history death of johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23