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, 1,718,323,200 seconds 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
- 1900 –The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
- 1919 –John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart St. John’s, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
- 1937 –Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
- 1940 –A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 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 was completed and they liberating the captured in Ilocos Sur start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
- 1951 –UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- 1952 –The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
- 1959 –A group of Dominican exiles with leftist tendencies that departed from Cuba land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of deposing Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. Save for four of them, all are killed and/or executed by Trujillo’s army.
- 1967 –Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
Who were born on June 14?
- 1894 –Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
- 1929 –Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1943 –Barry Burman, English figurative artist (d. 2001)
- 1945 –Marilyn Schreffler, American voice actor (d. 1988)
- 1948 –Laurence Yep, American author
- 1956 –Sam Irvin, American director and producer
- 1957 –Maxi Jazz, British rapper (Faithless) and racing driver
- 1974 –Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
- 1975 –Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver
- 1981 –Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
Who died on June 14?
- 1381 –Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (birth year unknown)
- 1907 –William Le Baron Jenny, American engineer and architect (b. 1832)
- 1914 –Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd U.S. Vice President (b. 1835)
- 1927 –Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
- 1928 –Emmeline Pankhurst, British feminist (b. 1857)
- 1977 –Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
- 2000 –Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
- 2002 –June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
- 2005 –Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930)
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