- 1881] A legend dies: Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett...
- 1921] Showing who's boss: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted in Dedham (MA) of killing a shoe company paymaster and his guard. They will be executed in 1927...
- 1946] Dr. Spock makes a house call: "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" is published. To date, the book has sold over 50 million copies with no end in sight...
- 1958] The fun begins in Iraq: The army of Iraq overthrows the monarchy...
- 1965] No need to get the red eye out: American space probe Mariner 4 makes a fly-by of Mars and sends back photos...
- 1966] Killing Spree: 25-year old Richard Speck goes on a rampage in a Chicago dormitory killing 8 student nurses. Speck will die of a heart attack in prison in 1991. No one claims his body which is cremated...
- 1970] All-Star highlight: In one of the most famous of all All-Star game plays, Pete Rose bowls over catcher Ray Fosse to score...
- 1976] Mr. Peanut: Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York...
- 1999] School busing busted: Race-based school busing in Boston ends after 25 years...
- 2004] Not that there's anything wrong with that: The Senate votes 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage...For more on July 14th:
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