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 July - 14 sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

1952  SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1954  On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

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

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 July - 14.   

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  On this day in history iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

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

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 this day in history.   

1958  Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1959  On July - 14 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  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  On July - 14 borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

1965  On this day in history 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  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 July - 14.   

1968  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane   

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

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 July - 14.   

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  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  On this day in history death of richard Taverner, English Bible translator   

1614  Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 on July - 14.   

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