This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
07/14/1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets) 
07/14/1602 Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) 
07/14/1610 Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane 
07/14/1707 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer 
07/14/1756 Thomas Rowlandson, English painter/cartoonist/etcher 
07/14/1794 John G Lockhart, [Scorpion], biographer (Life of Sir Walter Scott) 
07/14/1804 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general 
07/14/1818 Nathaniel Lyon, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 
07/14/1830 Richard Henry Jackson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
07/14/1831 William Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 
07/14/1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist (Whistler's Mother) 
07/14/1839 Edward Sydney Smith, composer 
07/14/1854 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer 
07/14/1855 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer 
07/14/1857 Maytag, inventor (washing machine) 
07/14/1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women's Social & Political Union

07/14/1862 Florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD 
07/14/1862 Gustav Klimt, Austria, Art Nouveau painter 
07/14/1865 Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady 
07/14/1868 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown) 
07/14/1869 Owen Wister, US, novelist (Virginian) 
07/14/1874 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)

07/14/1874 Andr‚ Debierne, French chemist/physicist (Actinium) 
07/14/1880 Donald Meek, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach) 
07/14/1883 Alexandru Zirra, composer 
07/14/1884 Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08) 
07/14/1890 Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ/French sculptor (Destroyed City) 
07/14/1893 John G Str˜dom, premier of South-Africa (1954-58) 
07/14/1893 Spencer Williams, Vidalia La, actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy) 
07/14/1895 Cliff Edwards, 'Ukulele Ike', Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue

07/14/1895 Frank Raymond Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment

07/14/1901 George Tobias, NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched) 
07/14/1901 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer 
07/14/1902 Truman J Hedding, US vice-admiral (WW II) 
07/14/1903 Irving Stone, US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life) 
07/14/1903 Ken Murray, NYC, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show) 
07/14/1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)

07/14/1906 Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer 
07/14/1906 Tom Carvel, ice cream mogul (Carvels) 
07/14/1908 Joseph Kot„lla, German war criminal (4 of Breda) 
07/14/1909 Annabella, [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz) 
07/14/1910 William Hanna, animator (Hanna-Barbera) 
07/14/1911 J de Graaf, president (Church & Peace) 
07/14/1911 Terry-Thomas, England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World) 
07/14/1912 Woodrow Wilson 'Woodie' Guthrie, folk singer (This Land Is Your Land

07/14/1913 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP) 
07/14/1913 Gerald R Ford, [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74)/38th pres (R-1974-77

07/14/1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary) 
07/14/1917 Douglas Edwards, Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI) 
07/14/1918 Arthur Laurents, NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy) 
07/14/1918 Ingmar Bergman, Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers) 
07/14/1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory 
07/14/1919 Lino Ventura, Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--) 
07/14/1922 Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer 
07/14/1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)

07/14/1923 Frances Lear, Larchmont NY, Woman's magazine publisher (Lears) 
07/14/1925 Luis Antonio Escobar, composer 
07/14/1926 Harry Dean Stanton, actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien) 
07/14/1926 Jan Krenz, composer 
07/14/1927 John Chancellor, Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA) 
07/14/1928 Nancy Olson, Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)

07/14/1928 Ole Schmidt, composer 
07/14/1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall) 
07/14/1930 Eric Norman Stokes, composer 
07/14/1930 Polly Bergen, Knoxville Tn, actress (Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk) 
07/14/1931 Donald Eugene Webb, Okla City, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 
07/14/1931 Robert Stephens, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust) 
07/14/1932 Roosevelt Grier, Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On) 
07/14/1933 Robert Bourassa, Montr‚al, premier of Qu‚bec (1970-76, 1985-  ) 
07/14/1934 Leo Joseph Koury, Pitts, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 
07/14/1936 Gloria Lambert, Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch) 
07/14/1936 Robert F Overmyer, Lorain Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 5, STS 51B) 
07/14/1943 Lynn Loring, NYC, actress (Patty-Fair Exchange, Barbara-FBI) 
07/14/1945 Peter James Leonard Klatzow, composer 
07/14/1947 Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) 
07/14/1948 Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO (CBS records) 
07/14/1949 Lukas D Barnard, head of South Africa secret service (NIS) 
07/14/1951 Esther Dyson, Zurich Switz, computer publisher (Release 1.0) 
07/14/1951 Judi Brown, E Lansing Mich, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984) 
07/14/1952 Chris Cross, rock singer (Arthur) 
07/14/1952 Eric Laneuville, New Orleans La, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere

07/14/1952 George Louis Francis Lewis, composer 
07/14/1952 Jerry Houser, LA Calif, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44

07/14/1952 Stan Shaw, Chic Ill, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation) 
07/14/1954 Jos Zoomer, drummer (Vandenberg) 
07/14/1954 Ralph D'Amico, jockey 
07/14/1958 Eric Heiden, US speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980) 
07/14/1959 Rodney Rash, horse trainer 
07/14/1960 Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on Yo

07/14/1961 Jackie Earle Haley, Northridge Calif, actor (Breaking Away) 
07/14/1965 Reina Olea, female jockey 
07/14/1968 Mark Lenz, US, 3m spring diver (Olympic-gold-1992) 
07/14/1970 Missy Gold, Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson) 
07/14/1977 Victoria Ingrid Alic‚a D‚sir‚e, Princess heir apparent of Sweden 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/14/1223 Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies 
07/14/1298 Jacobus de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Gulden legend), dies 
07/14/1614 Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64

07/14/1711 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), dies at 23 
07/14/1744 Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of wahren Dichtkunst), dies at 

07/14/1762 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77 
07/14/1770 David It Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Gent), dies at 71 
07/14/1779 George Ross, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 

07/14/1788 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 
07/14/1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 
07/14/1803 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies 
07/14/1812 Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82 
07/14/1816 Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 
07/14/1873 Ferdinand David, violinist/composer, dies at 63 
07/14/1895 Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65 
07/14/1904 S J Paul Kruger, president South-Africa, dies 
07/14/1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79 
07/14/1923 Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61 
07/14/1942 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 
07/14/1943 Johannes F 'Frits' Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74 
07/14/1948 Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated 
07/14/1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 
07/14/1956 Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58 
07/14/1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered 
07/14/1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad 
07/14/1958 Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered 
07/14/1959 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 
07/14/1965 Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies 
07/14/1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 
07/14/1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 
07/14/1970 Preston Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 
07/14/1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 
07/14/1974 Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83 
07/14/1975 Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77 
07/14/1979 George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56 
07/14/1982 George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71 
07/14/1984 Al Shaft, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91 
07/14/1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74 
07/14/1984 Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 
07/14/1986 Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer, dies at 92 
07/14/1991 Nic of Bridges, Flemish poet, dies 
07/14/1991 Rita Mar‚chal, actress (Good During Only During), dies 
07/14/1993 L‚o Ferr‚, French singer/composer (Mon G‚n‚ral), dies at 76 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/14/1520 Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes & Tlascala's vs Azsign 
07/14/1535 Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis 
07/14/1682 Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London 
07/14/1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 
07/14/1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California 
07/14/1789 Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison 
07/14/1798 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves 
07/14/1822 Slave revolt in SC under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas 
07/14/1832 Opium exempted from federal tariff duty 
07/14/1845 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, NYC 
07/14/1845 Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes & kills many 
07/14/1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 
07/14/1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan 
07/14/1853 Pres Franklin Pierce opens 1st industrial exposition (NY) 
07/14/1861 Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troo

07/14/1861 Navel Engagement at Wilmington NC - USS Daylight establishes blockad

07/14/1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) 
07/14/1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn 
07/14/1865 Whymper, Hudson, Croz, Douglas & Hadow 1st to climb Matterhorn 
07/14/1868 Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct 
07/14/1877 General strike brings US railroad to a stand still 
07/14/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #370 Modestia 
07/14/1909 Germany chancellor Bernhard von Blow resigns 
07/14/1911 46' of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines 
07/14/1912 Kenneth Mcarthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8) 
07/14/1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard) 
07/14/1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep

07/14/1914 Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor 
07/14/1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record) 
07/14/1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston

07/14/1918 Dutch govt reclaims South seas 
07/14/1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii 
07/14/1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 
07/14/1933 German govt demands sterilization of those with hereditary illness 
07/14/1933 NSDAP becomes only party in Germany 
07/14/1934 116ø F (47ø C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record) 
07/14/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda & #1326 Losaka 
07/14/1934 NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all tim

07/14/1934 Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0 
07/14/1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front govt 
07/14/1936 116ø F (47ø C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) 
07/14/1938 Mussolini publishes anti-jewish/African manifest 
07/14/1940 Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR 
07/14/1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp 
07/14/1941 Ceasefire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon & Syria) 
07/14/1941 Jam rationed in Holland 
07/14/1942 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork 
07/14/1942 Riots against Jews in Amsterdam 
07/14/1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

07/14/1947 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright 
07/14/1949 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb 
07/14/1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea 
07/14/1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 
07/14/1951 Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races 
07/14/1951 George Washington Carver monument unveiled 
07/14/1952 SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) 
07/14/1953 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver 
07/14/1953 Communist offensive in Korea 
07/14/1953 NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati) 
07/14/1954 117øF (47øC), East St Louis, Illinois (state record) 
07/14/1954 118øF (48øC), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) 
07/14/1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, Englan

07/14/1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 
07/14/1957 Soviet steamer 'Eshghbad' sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 
07/14/1958 General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq 
07/14/1958 Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty 
07/14/1959 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass 
07/14/1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 
07/14/1961 Finland's Miettunen govt forms 
07/14/1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate 
07/14/1962 Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished 
07/14/1962 Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500 
07/14/1964 Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France 
07/14/1965 Israeli/Jordanian border fights 
07/14/1965 US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) 
07/14/1966 Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory 
07/14/1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal 
07/14/1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 
07/14/1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick 
07/14/1968 Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1 
07/14/1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 
07/14/1969 'Futbol War' between El Salvador & Honduras begins 
07/14/1969 Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead) 
07/14/1969 WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 
07/14/1970 NL wins 8th straight All Star Game, 5-4 in 12 inn (Riverfront, Cin) 
07/14/1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri 
07/14/1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers 
07/14/1974 Bundy victms Janice Ott & Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, WA

07/14/1975 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced 
07/14/1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NYC 
07/14/1976 USSR banishes dissident Andrei Amalrik to Netherlands 
07/14/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2286 Fesenkov, #2492 Kutuzov, 
07/14/1977 North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3 
07/14/1978 Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation 
07/14/1983 Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages 
07/14/1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads 
07/14/1985 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb 
07/14/1985 Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open 
07/14/1985 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 
07/14/1986 10 killed & 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid 
07/14/1986 2nd govt of Lubbers sworn in 
07/14/1986 Jane Geddes beats Sally Little to win golf's US Women's Open 
07/14/1986 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission 
07/14/1986 Paul McCartney releases 'Press' 
07/14/1986 Richard W Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage 
07/14/1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million 
07/14/1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 
07/14/1987 NL defeats AL, 2-0 in 13, in 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, Calif 
07/14/1987 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 
07/14/1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 
07/14/1988 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak 
07/14/1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place 
07/14/1989 16th James Bond movies 'License to Kill' premieres 
07/14/1990 'Howard Stern's Summer Show' premieres on WWOR-TV 
07/14/1991 Failed military coup in Mali 
07/14/1992 AL beats NL 13-6 at 63rd All Star Game (Jack Murphy Stadium SD) 
07/14/1993 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow & NY 
  
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