What happened this day in history June 14

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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