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Birthday July 14, 1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter. |
Birthday July 14, 1903 Irving Stone, author. |
Birthday July 14, 1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish novelist (Enemies) (Nobel 1978). |
Birthday July 14, 1906 Tom Carvel, Ice Cream Mogul |
Birthday July 14, 1911 Terry-Thomas, English Actor. |
Birthday July 14, 1912 Woodie Guthrie, US folk singer. |
Birthday July 14, 1913 Future President Gerald R. Ford is born |
Birthday July 14, 1913 Gerald R. Ford, (R), 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (1974-77). |
Birthday July 14, 1917 Douglas Edwards, CBS newscaster |
Birthday July 14, 1918 Influential Swedish director Ingmar Bergman born |
Birthday July 14, 1918 Ingmar Bergman, film maker (Through a Glass Darkly). |
Birthday July 14, 1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented RAM |
Birthday July 14, 1923 Dale Robertson, Actor. |
Birthday July 14, 1927 John Chancellor, TV journalist (NBC). |
Birthday July 14, 1930 Polly Bergen, in Tennessee |
Birthday July 14, 1932 Rosey Grier, Football player-turned-Actor |
Birthday July 14, 1943 Lynn Loring, NYC |
History July 14, 1099 Jerusalem captured in First Crusade |
History July 14, 1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in Cal |
History July 14, 1789 Bastille Day - citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison |
History July 14, 1798 Sedition Act prohibits "false scandalous & malicious" writing against US govt |
History July 14, 1798 Sedition Act becomes federal law |
History July 14, 1811 Byron returns to England after a two-year trip |
History July 14, 1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration |
History July 14, 1853 Com Perry requests trade relations with Japan |
History July 14, 1864 Confederates defeated at the Battle of Tupelo |
History July 14, 1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn |
History July 14, 1881 Billy the Kid killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Ft Sumner NM |
History July 14, 1881 Billy the Kid is shot to death |
History July 14, 1882 Gunfighter John Ringo found dead |
History July 14, 1918 Quentin Roosevelt killed |
History July 14, 1921 Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham Mass. |
History July 14, 1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii |
History July 14, 1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea |
History July 14, 1951 Citation 1st horse to win $1 000 000 in races |
History July 14, 1953 1st national monument dedicated to a Negro - GW Carver |
History July 14, 1958 Iraqi army Iraq overthrew monarchy |
History July 14, 1959 1st atomic powered cruiser the Long Beach Quincy Mass |
History July 14, 1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 |
History July 14, 1962 Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500 |
History July 14, 1963 Rupture between USSR and China grows worse |
History July 14, 1964 North Vietnamese regulars are fighting in South Vietnam |
History July 14, 1965 US Mariner IV 1st Mars probe passes at 6 100 miles |
History July 14, 1966 A mass murderer leaves eight women dead |
History July 14, 1966 Richard Speck kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory |
History July 14, 1968 Hank Aaron hits 500th homer |
History July 14, 1968 Clifford visits South Vietnam |
History July 14, 1968 Houston Astro Don Wilson strikesout 18 beats Reds 6-1 |
History July 14, 1969 Futbol War between El Salvador and Honduras begins. |
History July 14, 1974 Carl Spaatz dies |
History July 14, 1975 EPCOT Center plans announced |
History July 14, 1983 Reps. Daniel Crane R Ill. & Gerry Studds D-Mass. admitted having had sexual relations with congressional pages. |
History July 14, 1986 Father of Streamlining Raymond Loewy dies |
History July 14, 1986 Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage |
History July 14, 1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law |
History July 14, 1995 A revolutionary new technology is christened MP3″ |
History July 14, 2003 Claudette crashes into Texas coast |