What are the important events that happened on June 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 14 is the 166th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 200 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 1, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,312 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontahexagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 229 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,193 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 14 Historical Events
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.
1648 –
Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
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”.
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.
1926 –
Brazil leaves the League of Nations
1940 –
The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
1945 –
World War II: U.S and Filipino forces at the Battle of Bessang Pass in Ilocos Sur province in Northern Luzon.
1966 –
The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1985 –
TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
Who were born on June 14?
1877 –
Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (d. 1970)
1884 –
John McCormack, Irish tenor (d. 1945)
1903 –
Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
1907 –
Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
1917 –
Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and writer
1933 –
Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach
1940 –
Jack Bannon, American actor
1961 –
Sam Perkins, American basketball player
1976 –
Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
1981 –
Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
Who died on June 14?
1594 –
Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. c. 1532)
1908 –
Frederick Arthur Stanley, British Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
1932 –
Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer (b. 1858)
1936 –
Hans Poelzig, German architect (b. 1869)
1979 –
Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer and composer (b. 1946)
1986 –
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
2002 –
June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
2004 –
Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer
2005 –
Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2007 –
Ruth Graham, China-born wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
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