On This Day: July 14

Updated July 13, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 14, 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
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On July 14, 1834, James McNeill Whistler, the famed American-born painter and designer, was born. Following his death on July 17, 1903, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1798 Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

1881 Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.

1912 Folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Okla..

1913 Gerald R. Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Neb. (His mother’s second husband later adopted and renamed him.)

1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Mass., of killing a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (They were executed in 1927.)

1933 All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.

1958 The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.

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.

1999 Race-based school busing in Boston ended after 25 years.

1999 Major league baseball umpires voted to resign and not work the final month of the season.

2003 Journalist Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in his newspaper column, citing two Bush administration officials.

2004 The Senate voted 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Current Birthdays

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Actress Jane Lynch (“Glee”) turns 52 years old today.

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Actor Jackie Earle Haley turns 51 years old today.

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1926 Harry Dean Stanton, Actor, turns 86

1930 Polly Bergen, Actress, singer, turns 82

1932 Rosey Grier, Football player, turns 80

1946 Vincent Pastore, Actor (“The Sopranos”), turns 66

1949 Tommy Mottola, Former music company executive, turns 63

1959 Susana Martinez, Governor of New Mexico, turns 53

1966 Matthew Fox, Actor (“Lost”), turns 46

1967 Patrick Kennedy, Former U.S. representative, D-R.I., turns 45

1970 Missy Gold, Actress, turns 42

1975 Tim Hudson, Baseball player, turns 37

1975 taboo, Hip-hop musician (Black-Eyed Peas), turns 37

1979 Scott Porter, Actor (“Friday Night Lights”), turns 33

1985 Darrelle Revis, Football player, turns 27

Historic Birthdays

James McNeill Whistler 7/14/1834 – 7/17/1903 American painter and designer.Go to obituary »

58 Cardinal Jules Mazarin 7/14/1602 – 3/9/1661
Italian-born French cardinal and statesman

60 John Gibson Lockhart 7/14/1794 – 11/25/1854
Scottish critic, novelist and biographer

69 Emmeline Pankhurst 7/14/1858 – 6/14/1928
English leader of women’s suffrage movement

55 Gustav Klimt 7/14/1862 – 2/6/1918
Austrian painter

92 Happy Chandler 7/14/1898 – 6/15/1991
American politician and baseball commissioner (1945-51)

73 Pancho Barnes 7/14/1901 – 3/?/1975
American aviator and movie stunt pilot

86 Irving Stone 7/14/1903 – 8/26/1989
American author

55 Woody Guthrie 7/14/1912 – 10/3/1967
American folk singer and songwriter

75 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson 7/14/1921 – 9/26/1996
English Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1973)

1798	Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881	Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.
1912	Folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Okla..
1913	Gerald R. Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Neb. (His mother’s second husband later adopted and renamed him.)
1921	Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Mass., of killing a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (They were executed in 1927.)
1933	All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1958	The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.
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.
1999	Race-based school busing in Boston ended after 25 years.
1999	Major league baseball umpires voted to resign and not work the final month of the season.
2003	Journalist Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in his newspaper column, citing two Bush administration officials.
2004	The Senate voted 50-48 against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

1926	Harry Dean Stanton, Actor, turns 86
1930	Polly Bergen, Actress, singer, turns 82
1932	Rosey Grier, Football player, turns 80
1946	Vincent Pastore, Actor (“The Sopranos”), turns 66
1949	Tommy Mottola, Former music company executive, turns 63
1959	Susana Martinez, Governor of New Mexico, turns 53
1966	Matthew Fox, Actor (“Lost”), turns 46
1967	Patrick Kennedy, Former U.S. representative, D-R.I., turns 45
1970	Missy Gold, Actress, turns 42
1975	Tim Hudson, Baseball player, turns 37
1975	taboo, Hip-hop musician (Black-Eyed Peas), turns 37
1979	Scott Porter, Actor (“Friday Night Lights”), turns 33
1985	Darrelle Revis, Football player, turns 27

58	Cardinal Jules Mazarin 7/14/1602 – 3/9/1661 Italian-born French cardinal and statesman
60	John Gibson Lockhart 7/14/1794 – 11/25/1854 Scottish critic, novelist and biographer
69	Emmeline Pankhurst 7/14/1858 – 6/14/1928 English leader of women’s suffrage movement
55	Gustav Klimt 7/14/1862 – 2/6/1918 Austrian painter
92	Happy Chandler 7/14/1898 – 6/15/1991 American politician and baseball commissioner (1945-51)
73	Pancho Barnes 7/14/1901 – 3/?/1975 American aviator and movie stunt pilot
86	Irving Stone 7/14/1903 – 8/26/1989 American author
55	Woody Guthrie 7/14/1912 – 10/3/1967 American folk singer and songwriter
75	Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson 7/14/1921 – 9/26/1996 English Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1973)