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 until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
- 1529 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1595)
- 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
- 1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
- 1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
- 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)
- 1856 – Andrei Markov, Russian mathematician (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)
- 1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, Swedish singer (d. 1980)
- 1894 – Marie-Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
- 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1968)
- 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 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer (d. 1979)
- 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman
- 1947 – Barry Melton, American guitarist
- 1949 – Jim Lea, British musician (Slade)
- 1950 – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1951 – Paul Boateng, British politician
- 1955 – Paul O'Grady, British TV presenter
- 1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer
- 1958 – Olaf Scholz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg
- 1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater
- 1961 – Boy George, British singer
- 1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
- 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- 1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
- 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
- 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress
- 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
- 1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
- 1992 – Evan Sabara, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100)
- 1381 – Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1594 – Orlande di Lasso, Flemish composer (b. 1532)
- 1642 – Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (b. 1612)
- 1648 – Margaret Jones, first person to be executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts
- 1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English colonial governor and politician (b. 1613)
- 1746 – Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698)
- 1800 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
- 1801 – Benedict Arnold, American soldier (b. 1841)
- 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
- 1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, British Governor-General of Canada (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)
- 1932 – Peter Adler Alberti, Danish politician and swindler (b. 1851)
- 1936 – G. K. Chesterton, British writer (b. 1874)
- 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)
- 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer (b. 1946)
- 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)
- 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
- 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
- 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Ruth Graham, American poet, wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian UN Secretary-General (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1941)
- 2011 – Peter Schamoni, German movie director and producer (b. 1934)
Events [change]
- 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.
- 1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, being the first execution for witchcraft in the Massachusetts colony.
- 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.
- 1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine to the Royal Astronomical Society, which he describes as 'note on application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables'.
- 1830 – The French invasion of Algiers begins.
- 1839 – The first Henley-on-Thames Royal Regatta takes place in Oxfordshire.
- 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.
- 1907 – Norway gives women the right to vote.
- 1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
- 1937 – Itatiaia National Park becomes the first National Park in Brazil.
- 1937 – Pennsylvania starts to celebrate Flag Day as a public holiday.
- 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.
- 1949 – Bao Dai is installed as the South Vietnamese leader in Saigon.
- 1951 – UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is dedicated by the US Census bureau.
- 1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill adding 'under God' into the US Pledge of Allegiance.
- 1955 – Chile signs the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty.
- 1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is founded in Paris, later becoming the European Space Agency.
- 1965 – Nguyen Cao Ky becomes leader of South Vietnam, leading a military junta.
- 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.
- 1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens.
- 1993 – Tansu Ciller becomes the first female Prime Minister of Turkey.
- 1994 – A riot occurs in Vancouver after a Stanley Cup ice hockey match, where the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks.
- 1998 – The Storebaelt Bridge, consisting of Western and Eastern sections and connecting the Danish islands of Funen and Zealand, is opened to traffic.
- 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.
Observances [change]
- 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
- Mourning and Commemoration Day (Estonia)
- Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
