June 14
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June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 200 days remaining after June 14 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
- 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
- 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American writer (d. 1896)
- 1832 – Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
- 1835 – Nikolai Rubinstein, Russian composer, pianist and conductor (d. 1881)
- 1838 – Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese military leader, and two-time Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1922)
- 1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German doctor, discovered Alzheimer's disease (d. 1915)
- 1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian doctor, won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1943)
- 1870 – Sophia of Prussia, Queen consort of Greece (d. 1932)
- 1894 – Marie-Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
- 1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer (died 1972)
- 1909 – Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
- 1916 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor (died 1993)
- 1924 – James W. Black, Scottish physician (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Che Guevara, Argentinian Marxist revolutionary (died 1967)
- 1933 – Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American writer (d. 1991)
- 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician
- 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman
- 1950 – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1955 – Paul O'Grady, British TV presenter
- 1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater
- 1961 – Boy George, British singer
- 1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
- 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- 1976 – Alan Carr, British comedian
- 1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
- 1977 – Joe Worsley, English rugby player
- 1978 – Diablo Cody, American screenwriter
- 1979 – Paradorn Srichaphan, Thai tennis player
- 1981 – Elano, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
- 1984 – Siobhan Donaghy, British singer
- 1988 – Kevin McHale, American actor
- 1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
[change] Deaths
- 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100)
- 1642 – Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (b. 1612)
- 1800 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
- 1801 – Benedict Arnold, American soldier (b. 1841)
- 1914 – Adlai E. Stevenson, American politician (b. 1835)
- 1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist and political economist (b. 1864)
- 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
- 1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, British author (b. 1859)
- 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, British women's rights campaigner (b. 1858)
- 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor and television pioneer (b. 1888)
- 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer (b. 1901)
- 1976 – Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer and poet (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
- 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924)
- 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
- 2007 – Ruth Graham, American poet, wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian UN Secretary-General (b. 1918)
- 2010 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1941)
[change] Events
- 1381 – Richard II of England meets with leaders of the Peasants' Revolt.
- 1645 – English Civil War: The Battle of Naseby results in 12,000 royalists being defeated by 15,000 parliamentarian soldiers.
- 1775 – The Continental Army is founded by the Continental Congress. This is regarded as the founding of the United States Army.
- 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is chosen as the national flag of the United States.
- 1789 – After the Mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh and 18 other survivors reach the island of Timor, after a 7,400-kilometre open-boat journey.
- 1800 – Napoleonic Wars: The French re-conquer Italy after defeating the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo.
- 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, is born.
- 1846 – Not knowing of the Mexican-American War, 22 American settlers found the Republic of California, which is annexed by the United States soon after.
- 1872 – Trade Unions are legalised in Canada.
- 1900 – Hawaii is annexed by the United States.
- 1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
- 1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation.
- 1940 – Holocaust: The Auschwitz Concentration Camp is opened.
- 1940 – The Soviet Union issues an ultimatum to Lithuania, ending its independence.
- 1942 – Anne Frank starts to write in her diary.
- 1951 – UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is dedicated by the US Census bureau.
- 1967 – The Mariner 5 space probe is launched to Venus.
- 1982 – The Falklands War comes to an end, as Argentine forces surrender to the British in Port Stanley.
- 1994 – A riot occurs in Vancouver after a Stanley Cup ice hockey match, where the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks.
- 1999 – Thabo Mbeki is chosen to succeed Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa.
- 2003 – In a referendum, a majority of voters in the Czech Republic approves entry to the EU.
[change] Observances
- Flag Day (United States)
- Freedom Day (Malawi)
- Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
- Women's Day (Iraq)
- World Blood Donor Day
