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.
Events
- 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
- 1285 – Forces led by Prince Tran Quang Khai of Vietnam's Tran Dynasty destroys most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
- 1287 – Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
- 1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
- 1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
- 1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
- 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
- 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
- 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
- 1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
- 1807 – Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
- 1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
- 1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
- 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
- 1839 – Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
- 1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Second Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
- 1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
- 1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
- 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
- 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 nonstop transatlantic flight.
- 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
- 1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
- 1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
- 1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
- 1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
- 1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
- 1944 – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
- 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
- 1947 – Roswell UFO incident: a supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico.
- 1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- 1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
- 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
- 1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1959 – A group of Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. Save for four of them, all are killed and/or executed.
- 1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
- 1965 – Nguyen Cao Ky becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
- 1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
- 1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
- 1982 – The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley unconditionally surrender to British forces.
- 1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
- 1994 – The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. One person is left with permanent brain damage.
Births
- 1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
- 1479 – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
- 1529 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1595)
- 1691 – Jan Francisci, Hungarian organist and composer (d. 1758)
- 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish naturalist (d. 1797)
- 1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)
- 1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
- 1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (d. 1866)
- 1798 – František Palacký, Czech scholar and politician (d. 1876)
- 1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
- 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist and abolitionist (d. 1896)
- 1812 – Fernando Wood, American politician (d. 1881)
- 1819 – Henry Gardner, American politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
- 1820 – John Bartlett, American publisher (d. 1905)
- 1855 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr., American politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
- 1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
- 1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
- 1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
- 1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (d. 1946)
- 1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene writer and priest (d. 1936)
- 1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
- 1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (d. 1945)
- 1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, Swedish singer and actress (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
- 1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
- 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
- 1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
- 1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (d. 1971)
- 1905 – Steve Broidy, American businessman (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Arthur Davis, American animator and director (d. 2000)
- 1907 – Nicolas Bentley, English writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
- 1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Burl Ives, American actor, singer, and author (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
- 1913 – Joe Morris, Canadian trade unionist (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Pauline Moore, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and writer
- 1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish architect, designed Bank of America Plaza and the Central Park Zoo
- 1924 – James W. Black, English physician (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Hermann Kant, German author
- 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player
- 1928 – Che Guevara, Argentine-Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, and theorist (d. 1967)
- 1929 – Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress
- 1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1995)
- 1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer
- 1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist (d. 1991)
- 1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach
- 1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
- 1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish writer
- 1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish director
- 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician
- 1940 – Jack Bannon, American actor
- 1942 – Andy Irvine, English singer-songwriter and musician (Planxty, Sweeney's Men, and Patrick Street)
- 1943 – Barry Burman, English artist and educator (d. 2001)
- 1943 – John Miles, English race car driver
- 1943 – Spooner Oldham, American musician and songwriter
- 1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
- 1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
- 1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
- 1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Zombies and Argent)
- 1945 – Marilyn Schreffler, American voice actress (d. 1988)
- 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman and author, founder of the Trump Entertainment Resorts
- 1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
- 1947 – Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
- 1948 – Laurence Yep, American author
- 1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Slade)
- 1949 – Harry Turtledove, American novelist
- 1949 – Alan White, English drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White, and Circa)
- 1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh bishop, poet, and theologian, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1951 – Paul Boateng, English politician
- 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball coach
- 1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American writer
- 1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
- 1953 – David Thomas, American singer-songwriter, and musician (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
- 1954 – Will Patton, American actor
- 1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American politician
- 1955 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor, and writer
- 1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, and Brats)
- 1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer
- 1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer-songwriter and musician
- 1956 – Sam Irvin, American director and producer
- 1957 – Maxi Jazz, English rapper, songwriter, and race car driver (Faithless)
- 1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer
- 1958 – Eric Heiden, American skater
- 1959 – Eddie Mekka, American actor
- 1959 – Marcus Miller, American singer, musician, composer, and producer (SMV)
- 1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
- 1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)
- 1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and musician (Disciplina kičme and Disciplin A Kitschme)
- 1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
- 1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer
- 1966 – Matt Freeman, American musician (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall, and Devils Brigade)
- 1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
- 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player
- 1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
- 1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
- 1968 – Faizon Love, American actor
- 1968 – Eric Murdock, American basketball player
- 1968 – Moses Scurry, American basketball player
- 1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 – Michael Gerber, American author
- 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- 1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
- 1969 – MC Ren, American rapper and songwriter (N.W.A)
- 1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
- 1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
- 1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player
- 1972 – Michael Cade, American actor
- 1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist, founded KDE
- 1972 – Shaun Keaveny, English broadcaster
- 1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1973 – Svetlana Ražnatović, Serbian singer
- 1974 – Sutan Amrull, American drag queen performer and makeup artist
- 1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
- 1974 – Joshua Radin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1974 – Phillip Rhys, English actor
- 1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese race car driver
- 1975 – Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, and The City on Film)
- 1975 – Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
- 1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian
- 1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
- 1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
- 1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian model
- 1978 – Steve Bégin, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Diablo Cody, American screenwriter and author
- 1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
- 1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
- 1981 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
- 1982 – Jamie Green, English race car driver
- 1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
- 1983 – Hirofumi Araki, Japanese actor
- 1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor
- 1983 – J.R. Martinez, American soldier and actor
- 1983 – John Stocco, American football player
- 1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
- 1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
- 1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
- 1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish race car driver
- 1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
- 1986 – Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Kevin McHale, American singer, dancer, and actor (NLT)
- 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
- 1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
- 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
- 1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
Deaths
- 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (b. 1100)
- 1381 – Simon Sudbury, English bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (b. 1474)
- 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
- 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. c. 1470)
- 1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. c. 1532)
- 1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician (b. 1613)
- 1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
- 1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
- 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician (b. 1718)
- 1800 – Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
- 1800 – Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
- 1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general, traitor in the American Revolution (b. 1741)
- 1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer (b. 1754)
- 1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
- 1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
- 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
- 1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
- 1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English politician, 6th Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
- 1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
- 1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
- 1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
- 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
- 1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
- 1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
- 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)
- 1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
- 1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English writer (b. 1874)
- 1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the Palace of the Soviets (b. 1869)
- 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor (b. 1888)
- 1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer (b. 1897)
- 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
- 1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
- 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwiter, musician, and composer (b. 1946)
- 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
- 1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
- 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
- 1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Taste) (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Roger Zelazny, American writer (b. 1937)
- 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Bernie Faloney, American football player (b. 1932)
- 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
- 2002 – June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
- 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain climber and guide (b. 1900)
- 2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-American singer (b. 1941)
- 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer, director, and producer (b. 1905)
- 2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Ruth Graham, China-American philanthropist, poet, author, painter (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Robin Olds, American pilot (b. 1922)
- 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
- 2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
- 2009 – Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
- 2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist, and arranger (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and educator (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian musician and educator (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Jesse Powell, American football player (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Kaka Radhakrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
- 2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Mako Tabuni, Indonesian activist
- 2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)
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