Historical Events for 14th July 2022

1936 – 116°F (47°C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)
1944 – US assault on Coutances Cotentin
1958 – General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq overthrowing the monarchy
1966 – 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France
1979 – USSR performs nuclear Test
1983 – Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber
1987 – Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
1988 – 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorporation of Nagorno-Karabak
1991 – US Open Women’s Golf, Colonial CC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 67 (−4) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Pat Bradley
2015 – Arms deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but ending sanctions

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