June 14
June 14th is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap yearss), with 200 days remaining.
Events:
- 1381 - Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants Revolt
- 1645 - Battle of Naseby, English Civil War
- 1775 - United States Army established.
- 1777 - Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as United States flag.
- 1789 - Bounty mutineers reach Timor.
- 1822 - Charles Babbage proposes a Difference Engine.
- 1834 - Isaac Fischer, Jr. patents sandpaper.
- 1841 - First Canadian Parliament.
- 1846 - Foundation of the California Republic.
- 1863 - Battle of Second Winchester in American Civil War.
- 1881 - John McTammany, Jr. patents player piano.
- 1900 - Republic of Hawaii becomes a U.S. territory.
- 1923 - Warren G. Harding becomes first U.S. President to use the radio.
- 1937 - Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a national holiday).
- 1940 - Germans enter Paris during World War II.
- 1940 - Auschwitz is opened by the Germans.
- 1949 - State of Vietnam formed.
- 1951 - UNIVAC I dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau.
- 1952 - Keel laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
- 1954 - First nationwide civil defense drill held in United States.
- 1956 - Words "under God" added to the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
- 1966 - Vatican announces abolishment of the Index of Prohibited Books.
- 1982 - Falklands War ends.
- 1985 - TWA Flight 847 hijacked by Hezbollah.
Births:
- 1671 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer
- 1736 - Charles Augustin de Coulomb, mathematician, grandfather of soil mechanics (+ 1806)
- 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin ((+ 1896)
- 1820 - John Bartlett
- 1832 - Nikolaus Otto, engineer (+ 1891)
- 1864 - Alois Alzheimer
- 1877 - Jane Bathori, opera singer (+ 1970)
- 1901 - Clarence Day, hockey player
- 1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, photojournalist
- 1909 - Burl Ives, musician (+ 1995)
- 1917 - Lash Larue, actor
- 1919 - Sam Wanamaker, actor
- 1925 - Pierre Salinger
- 1926 - Don Newcombe, baseball player
- 1926 - Hermann Kant, author
- 1928 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, revolutionary (+ 1967)
- 1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, author (+ 19991)
- 1943 - Newt Gingrich, United States conservative politican
- 1945 - Jörg Immendorf, painter
- 1946 - Donald Trump, business tycoon
- 1946 - Marla Gibbs, actress
- 1946 - Harold Frederick Shipman, British serial killer
- 1949 - Harry Turtledove, science fiction author
- 1958 - Eric Heiden, Olympic speed skater
- 1961 - Boy George, singer of Culture Club
- 1968 - Yasmine Bleeth, actress
- 1969 - Steffi Graf, tennis player
Deaths:
- 1801 - Benedict Arnold
- 1864 - General Leonidas Pope
- 1898 - Lewis Carroll, author
- 1920 - Max Weber, sociologist
- 1926 - Mary Cassatt, artist
- 1927 - Jerome K. Jerome, author
- 1936 - Maxim Gorky, author
- 1936 - G. K. Chesterton, author
- 1946 - John Logie Baird, Television pioneer
- 1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian writer
- 1986 - Alan Jay Lerner - composer
- 1994 - Henry Mancini, Composer
- 1995 - Roger Zelazny, science fiction author
Holidays and Observances:
- Flag Day (United States)
- Mother's Day (Afghanistan)
- Roman Empire - eighth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
See Also:
June 13 - June 15 - May 14 - July 14 -- listing of all days
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