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 1486 Andrea del Sarto Italy, painter (Recollets)
1602 Jules Mazarin France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)
1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler artist (Whistler's Mother)
1857 Maytag invented washing machine
1858 Emmeline Pankhurst England, found (Women's Social & Political Union)
1862 Florence Bascom US, 1st American woman PhD
1862 Gustav Klimt Austria, Art Nouveau painter
1865 Annie Jones Virginia, bearded lady
1869 Owen Wister US, novelist (The Virginian)
1874 'Abbas II last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)
1880 Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)
1890 Ossip Zadkine sculptor (The Destroyed City)
1893 Spencer Williams Vidalia La, actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy)
1895 Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue)
1895 Frank Raymond Leavis British literary critic (Culture & Environment)
19-- William Gay Espy actor (Mitch Blake-Another World)
1901 George Tobias NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched)
1903 Irving Stone US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life)
1903 Ken Murray NYC, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show)
1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)
1906 Tom Carvel ice cream mogul (Carvels)
1909 Annabella [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz)
1910 William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera)
1911 Terry-Thomas England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1912 Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land)
1913 Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77)
1917 Douglas Edwards Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI)
1918 Arthur Laurents NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy)
1918 Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers)
1918 Jay Wright Forrester invented random-access magnetic core memory
1919 Lino Ventura Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--)
1923 Dale Robertson Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)
1923 Frances Lear Larchmont NY, Woman's magazine publisher (Lears)
1926 Harry Dean Stanton actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien)
1927 John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
1928 Nancy Olson Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)
1928 Pierre Olaf Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall)
1930 Polly Bergen Knoxville Tn, actress (Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk)
1931 Donald Eugene Webb Okla City, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1931 Robert Stephens Bristol England, actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust)
1932 Roosevelt Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On)
1933 Robert Bourassa Montr‚al, premier of Qu‚bec (1970-76, 1985- )
1934 Leo Joseph Koury Pitts, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1936 Gloria Lambert Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1936 Robert F Overmyer Lorain Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 5, STS 51B)
1943 Lynn Loring NYC, actress (Patty-Fair Exchange, Barbara-FBI)
1947 Steve Stone Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1948 Tommy Matola rock manager/CEO (CBS records)
1952 Chris Cross rock singer (Arthur)
1952 Eric Laneuville New Orleans La, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere)
1952 Jerry Houser LA Calif, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44)
1952 Stan Shaw Chic Ill, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation)
1961 Jackie Earle Haley Northridge Calif, actor (Breaking Away)
1970 Missy Gold Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson)
1977 Princess Victoria Ingrid Alic‚a D‚sir‚e, heir apparent of Sweden

Deaths which occurred on July 14:

1958 King Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad
1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64
1970 Preston Foster actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
1973 Clarence White guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1979 George De Witt TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
1984 Kenny Delmar comedian (School House), dies at 74

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1962    BLEWETT          ALAN L.                                        NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG  
 1962    PARKS            RAYMOND F.        DENNISON              OH     NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG  
 1966    KIPINA           MARSHALL F.       CALUMET               MI       
 1966    NOPP             ROBERT            SALEM                 OR       
 1967    FULLER           ROBERT B.         JACKSONVILLE          FL     03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV      ALIVE AND WELL 98
 1969    BUTLER           DEWEY R.          WASHINGTON            DC

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On this day...

1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California
1789 Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
1798 1st direct federal tax on the states-on dwellings, land & slaves
1798 Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing
           against US govt
1832 Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
1845 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, NYC
1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan
1853 Pres Franklin Pierce opens 1st industrial exposition (NY)
1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn
1868 Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct
1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #370 Modestia
1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Phillipines
1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard)
1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
1914 Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor
1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston
1921 Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of
           killing their shoe company's paymaster
1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
1934 116ø F (47ø C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record)
1934 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda & #1326 Losaka
1934 NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
1934 Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0
1936 116ø F (47ø C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)
1940 Lithuania becomes the Lithuanian SSR
1946 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted
           Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
1947 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright
1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1951 Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races
1953 1st natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
1953 NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati)
1954 117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)
1954 118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)
1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England
1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1957 Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270
1958 Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty
1959 1st atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass
1960 Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane
           asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300
1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500
1962 Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500
1965 US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)
1966 Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
1968 Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1
1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins
1970 NL wins 8th straight All Star Game, 5-4 in 12 innings (Riverfront, Cin)
1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri
1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to the Everly Brothers
1974 Bundy victms Janice Ott & Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, WA
1975 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced
1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NY
1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2286 Fesenkov, #2492 Kutuzov,
           #2509 Chukotka, #2607 Yakutia & #3213
1978 Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation
           Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile
           material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado
1983 Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages
1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads
1985 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb
1985 Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open
1985 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24
1986 Jane Geddes beats Sally Little to win golf's US Women's Open
1986 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission
1986 Paul McCartney releases "Press"
1986 Richard W Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million
1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
1987 NL defeats AL, 2-0 in 13, in 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, Calif
1987 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
1988 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak
1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1989 The 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premiers
1990 "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premiers on WWOR-TV




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

France, Guiana, Polynesia, Guadel, Martinique : Bastille Day (1789)
Iran : Appointment of the Prophet
Iraq : Republic Day (1958)
Senegal : African Community Day
South Africa : Family Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Swaziland : Reed Dance Day - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious Observances

Muslim-Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Yemen PDR : Mohammed Ascension
Old Catholic : Commem of St Bonaventure, bishop/confessor/doctor
RC : Mem St Camillus of Lellis, patron of nurses/sick (opt)
RC : Memorial of Bl Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, virgin

Religious History

1773 The first annual conference of the Methodist Church in America convened at St.George's Church in Philadelphia, PA.
1775 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The knowledgeof God cannot be attained by studious discussion on our parts; it must be by revelation onHis part.'
1800 Birth of Anglican clergyman Matthew Bridges. In 1848 he converted to Catholicism,under the influence of the Oxford Movement in England. He is remembered today for authoringthe hymn, 'Crown Him with Many Crowns.'
1833 Anglican clergyman John Keble preached his famous sermon on national religiousapostasy. It marked the beginning of the Oxford Movement, which sought to purify andrevitalize the Church of England.
1892 The Baptist Young People's Union held its first national convention in Detroit.The founding of the BYP Union was inspired by the earlier work of Francis E. Clark, aCongregational pastor who founded the first 'modern' youth fellowship in 1881.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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