Page 6: Historical Events In July - 14

1951  The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) on this day in history.   

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

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  The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on July - 14.   

1953  1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)   

1954  118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58   

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  King Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad on this day in history.   

1958  General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq on July - 14.   

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

1959  On this day in history the first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass   

1959  1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass on July - 14.   

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  On this day in history barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament   

1961  Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on July - 14.   

1962  On this day in history 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  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  Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory on July - 14.   

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 July - 14.   

1968  On July - 14 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 July - 14.   

1608  On July - 14 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

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  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on July - 14.   

0664  Death of Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury on July - 14.   

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

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 July - 14.   

1575  On this day in history 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 July - 14.   

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