Page 5: Historical Events In July - 14
Friday, 24 October 2025
1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii on this day in history. 

1927 On this day in history john William Chancellor, Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA) 

1928 On July - 14 elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher 

1929 On July - 14 george Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher 

1930 W H Ashley, cricketer (Test S Africa, 7 wkts), dies on this day in history. 

1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders on July - 14. 

1933 On this day in history east European Jewish immigrants are stripped of German citizenship. 

1933 On this day in history germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness 

1934 116ø F (47ø C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record) on July - 14. 

1934 On July - 14 c Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda & #1326 Losaka 

1934 On July - 14 nY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time 

1934 On July - 14 116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) 

1936 116ø F (47ø C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) on this day in history. 

1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front govt on July - 14. 

1938 On this day in history mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest 

1938 Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies on July - 14. 

1940 On this day in history due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps 

1940 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies on this day in history. 

1941 On this day in history 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp 

1942 Captain Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the second of two Victoria Crosses in Egypt on July - 14. 

1942 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork on this day in history. 

1942 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies on this day in history. 

1943 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% on July - 14. 

1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested on July - 14. 

1945 Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan on July - 14. 

1946 Dr Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published on this day in history. 

1947 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright on this day in history. 

1948 On July - 14 israel bombs Cairo 

1948 Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated on this day in history. 

1949 On this day in history uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb 

1949 On July - 14 frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies 

1950 On this day in history rE Wayne awarded first Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea 

1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea on this day in history. 

1951 Citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races on this day in history. 

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