July 14
Today is the 195th day of 2017, there are 170 days left in the year.
1789 - The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881 - Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
1913 - Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. (His mother's second husband later adopted and renamed him.)
1917 - CBS newsman Douglas Edwards, who in 1948 became network television's first nightly news anchor, was born in Ada, Oklahoma.
1921 - In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of killing a shoe company paymaster and his guard and were sentenced to death. (They were executed in 1927.)
1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
1945 - Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" was published.
1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem became Iraq's leader.
1965 - The American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
1966 - Eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1980 - The Republican national convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were determined to "make America great again."
1999 - Race-based school busing in Boston ended after 25 years.
2003 - Journalist Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in his newspaper column, citing two Bush administration officials.
2004 - The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
2007 - Former presidents, fellow first ladies and about 1,800 other people attended a private funeral in Austin, Texas, for Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Birthdays
22 - Jasmine Brown (model)
28 - Sean Flynn (actor)
29 - Conor McGregor (MMA fighter)
29 - Bonnie Sveen (actress)
30 - Dan Reynolds (singer)
30 - Sara Canning (actress)
31 - Dan Smith (singer)
31 - Peta Murgatroyd (dancer)
32 - Darrelle Revis (football player)
32 - Aryana Sayeed (singer)
33 - Dolly Castro (model)
37 - Jimena (singer)
38 - Scott Porter (actor)
42 - Tameka Harris (R&B singer)
46 - Mark "Bully Ray" LoMonaco (professional wrestler)
51 - Matthew Fox (actor)
57 - Jane Lynch (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 14
1916 - Saint Louis Browns' Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings in a 0-0 tie versus Boston Red Sox.
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, NJ.
1953 - The National League won the All-Star Game 5-1 in Cincinnati.
1967 - Houston Astros' Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal.
1968 - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick.
1968 - Houston Astros' Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Cincinnati Reds 6-1.
1969 - U.S. President Nixon signed a baseball from the baseball Hall of Fame that had the signatures of nine other U.S. Presidents.
1970 - The National League won the All-Star Game 5-4 in 12 innings in Cincinnati.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. The game was held on August 9.
1985 - The final USFL football game is played, with the Baltimore Stars defeating the Oakland Invaders 28-24.
1987 - The National League won the All-Star Game 2-0 in 13 innings in Oakland.
1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place.
1992 - The American League won the All-Star Game 13-6 in San Diego.
1999 - Major League Baseball umpires voted to resign and not work the final month of the season.
2009 - The American League won the All-Star Game 4-3 in St. Louis.
2015 - The American League won the All-Star Game 6-3 in Cincinnati.
Today is the 195th day of 2017, there are 170 days left in the year.
1789 - The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881 - Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
1913 - Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. (His mother's second husband later adopted and renamed him.)
1917 - CBS newsman Douglas Edwards, who in 1948 became network television's first nightly news anchor, was born in Ada, Oklahoma.
1921 - In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of killing a shoe company paymaster and his guard and were sentenced to death. (They were executed in 1927.)
1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
1945 - Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" was published.
1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem became Iraq's leader.
1965 - The American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
1966 - Eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1980 - The Republican national convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were determined to "make America great again."
1999 - Race-based school busing in Boston ended after 25 years.
2003 - Journalist Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in his newspaper column, citing two Bush administration officials.
2004 - The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
2007 - Former presidents, fellow first ladies and about 1,800 other people attended a private funeral in Austin, Texas, for Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Birthdays
22 - Jasmine Brown (model)
28 - Sean Flynn (actor)
29 - Conor McGregor (MMA fighter)
29 - Bonnie Sveen (actress)
30 - Dan Reynolds (singer)
30 - Sara Canning (actress)
31 - Dan Smith (singer)
31 - Peta Murgatroyd (dancer)
32 - Darrelle Revis (football player)
32 - Aryana Sayeed (singer)
33 - Dolly Castro (model)
37 - Jimena (singer)
38 - Scott Porter (actor)
42 - Tameka Harris (R&B singer)
46 - Mark "Bully Ray" LoMonaco (professional wrestler)
51 - Matthew Fox (actor)
57 - Jane Lynch (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 14
1916 - Saint Louis Browns' Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings in a 0-0 tie versus Boston Red Sox.
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, NJ.
1953 - The National League won the All-Star Game 5-1 in Cincinnati.
1967 - Houston Astros' Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal.
1968 - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick.
1968 - Houston Astros' Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Cincinnati Reds 6-1.
1969 - U.S. President Nixon signed a baseball from the baseball Hall of Fame that had the signatures of nine other U.S. Presidents.
1970 - The National League won the All-Star Game 5-4 in 12 innings in Cincinnati.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. The game was held on August 9.
1985 - The final USFL football game is played, with the Baltimore Stars defeating the Oakland Invaders 28-24.
1987 - The National League won the All-Star Game 2-0 in 13 innings in Oakland.
1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place.
1992 - The American League won the All-Star Game 13-6 in San Diego.
1999 - Major League Baseball umpires voted to resign and not work the final month of the season.
2009 - The American League won the All-Star Game 4-3 in St. Louis.
2015 - The American League won the All-Star Game 6-3 in Cincinnati.
