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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1158]] – The city of [[Munich]] is founded by [[Henry the Lion]] on the banks of the river [[Isar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penguin Guide to Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01gTAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-019922-2|page=558}}</ref> *[[1216]] – [[First Barons' War]]: Prince [[Louis VIII of France|Louis of France]] takes the city of [[Winchester]], abandoned by [[John, King of England]], and soon conquers over half of the [[Kingdom of England|kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|author=A.C. Ewald|title=dictionary of national biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrE6yeg4gEMC&pg=PA234|year=1885|pages=234}}</ref> *[[1276]] – While taking exile in [[Fuzhou]], away from the advancing [[Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty|Mongol invaders]], the remnants of the [[Song dynasty]] court hold the coronation ceremony for [[Emperor Duanzong]]. *[[1285]] – [[Mongol invasions of Vietnam|Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam]]: Forces led by Prince [[Trần Quang Khải]] of the [[Trần dynasty]] destroy most of the invading [[Yuan dynasty|Mongol]] naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong. *[[1287]] – [[Kublai Khan]] defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist [[Borjigin]] princes in East [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]]. *[[1381]] – [[Richard II of England]] meets leaders of [[Peasants' Revolt]] at [[Mile End]]. The [[Tower of London]] is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance. *[[1404]] – Welsh rebel leader [[Owain Glyndŵr]], having declared himself [[Prince of Wales]], allies himself with the French against King [[Henry IV of England]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1618]] – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper ''[[Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.]]'' in [[Amsterdam]] (approximate date). *[[1645]] – [[English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Naseby]]: Twelve thousand [[Roundhead|Royalist]] forces are beaten by fifteen thousand [[Long Parliament|Parliamentarian]] soldiers. *[[1658]] – [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)|Franco-Spanish War]]: [[Turenne]] and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the [[Battle of the Dunes (1658)|battle of the Dunes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stanley|first=Slander|title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA247|year=2002|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|page=247}}</ref> *[[1690]] – King [[William III of England]] (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former [[James II of England|King James II]]. *[[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: the [[Continental Army]] is established by the [[Continental Congress]], marking the birth of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. *[[1777]] – The [[Second Continental Congress]] passes the [[Flag Acts|Flag Act of 1777]] adopting the [[Flag of the United States|Stars and Stripes]] 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 {{convert|7,400|km|mi|abbr=on}} journey in an open boat. *[[1800]] – The French Army of [[Napoleon|First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeats the Austrians at the [[Battle of Marengo]] in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy. *[[1807]] – Emperor [[Napoleon]]'s French [[Grande Armée]] defeats the [[Russian Empire|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 [[Funj Sultanate|Sennar]], surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end. *[[1822]] – [[Charles Babbage]] proposes a [[difference engine]] in a paper to the [[Royal Astronomical Society]]. *[[1830]] – Beginning of the [[French Algeria|French colonization of Algeria]]: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their [[Invasion of Algiers in 1830|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: [[United States|Anglo]] settlers in [[Sonoma, California]], start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the [[California Republic]]. *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Second Battle of Winchester]]: A [[United States|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 union]]s are legalized in Canada. *[[1888]] – The [[White Rajah]]s territories become the [[British protectorate]] of [[Kingdom of Sarawak|Sarawak]]. *[[1900]] – [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii]] becomes a [[United States territory]]. * 1900 – The second [[German Naval Laws|German Naval Law]] calls for the [[Imperial German Navy]] to be doubled in size, resulting in an [[Anglo-German naval arms race]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – The [[National Association for Women's Suffrage (Norway)|National Association for Women's Suffrage]] succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. *[[1919]] – [[Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown|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]]. *[[1934]] – The landmark [[Australian Eastern Mission]] returns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Bird|chapter=The Genesis of Australian Appeasement – The 'Australian Eastern Mission' of 1934 and its Aftermath|title=J. A. Lyons, The Tame Tasmanian: Appeasement and Rearmament in Australia, 1932–39|year=2008|publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing|isbn=9781740971577|pages=60–93}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Pennsylvania]] becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate [[Flag Day (United States)|Flag Day]] officially as a [[state holiday]]. <!-- [[Action Comics 1]] was not released on June 14; it was released on April 14 with a cover date of June 1938 --> * 1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes the [[Marihuana Tax Act of 1937|Marihuana Tax Act]]. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: The German [[Paris in World War II|occupation of Paris]] begins. * 1940 – [[1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania|The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania]] resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence. * 1940 – Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from [[Tarnów]] become the first inmates of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]. *[[1941]] – [[June deportation]]: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of [[Estonia]]ns, [[Latvia]]ns and [[Lithuania]]ns, begins. *[[1944]] – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons [[Operation Perch]], its plan to capture the [[Nazi Germany|German]]-occupied town of [[Caen]]. *[[1945]] – World War II: Filipino troops of the [[Philippine Commonwealth Army]] liberate the captured in [[Ilocos Sur]] and start the [[Battle of Bessang Pass]] in [[Northern Luzon]]. *[[1949]] – [[Albert II (monkey)|Albert II]], a [[rhesus monkey]], rides a [[V-2 rocket]] to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first [[monkeys and apes in space|monkey in space]].<ref name="SpaceMonke">[https://www.space.com/19505-space-monkeys-chimps-history.html Monkeys in Space: A Brief Spaceflight History]</ref><ref name="Beischer1962">{{cite journal |author1=Beischer, DE |author2=Fregly, AR |title=Animals and man in space. A chronology and annotated bibliography through the year 1960. |journal=US Naval School of Aviation Medicine |volume=ONR TR ACR-64 |issue=AD0272581 |year=1962 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/9288 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204154830/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/9288 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> *[[1950]] – An [[Air France]] [[Douglas DC-4]] [[1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents|crashes]] near [[Bahrain International Airport]], killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location.<ref name="report-dm">{{Cite report |url=http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1950/f-dm500614/pdf/f-dm500614.pdf |title=Rapport d'Accident Civil No. CA.135 (Avion Douglas DC.4 F.BBDM – A Bahrein le 14 Juin 1950 |publisher=Ministere des Travaux Publics, des Transports et du Tourisme |language=fr |url-status=dead |year=1952 |accessdate=1 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227040146/http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1950/f-dm500614/pdf/f-dm500614.pdf |archivedate=27 February 2012}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[UNIVAC I]] is dedicated by the [[United States Bureau of the Census|U.S. Census Bureau]]. *[[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 (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]]. *[[1955]] – [[Chile]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|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]]. *[[1962]] – The [[European Space Research Organisation]] is established in Paris – later becoming the [[European Space Agency]]. *[[1966]] – The [[Roman Curia|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]]. *[[1972]] – [[Japan Air Lines Flight 471]] crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]) in [[New Delhi]], India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-53 JA8012 Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720614-1|access-date=2021-06-13|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Falklands War]]: [[Argentina|Argentine]] forces in the capital [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]] [[Conditional surrender|conditionally surrender]] to British forces. *[[1985]] – Five member nations of the [[European Economic Community]] sign the [[Schengen Agreement]] establishing a [[Schengen Area|free travel zone]] with no [[border control]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Research|first=CNN Editorial|title=European Union Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/european-union-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=CNN|date=6 June 2013}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Mindbender (Galaxyland)|The Mindbender]] derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as [[Galaxyland]]) indoor amusement park at [[West Edmonton Mall]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-06-16|title=June 14, 1986: Roller-coaster derailment kills 3 in Edmonton|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/june-14-1986-roller-coaster-derailment-kills-3-in-edmonton-1.3639209|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref> *[[1994]] – The [[1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot]] occurs after the [[New York Rangers]] defeat the [[Vancouver Canucks]] to [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals|win]] the [[Stanley Cup]], causing an estimated {{$|CAD}}1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. *[[2002]] – [[Near-Earth asteroid]] [[2002 MN]] misses the Earth by {{convert|75000|mi|km}}, about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. *[[2014]] – A Ukraine military [[Ilyushin Il-76]] airlifter is [[2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown|shot down]], killing all 49 people on board. *[[2017]] – A [[Grenfell Tower fire|fire in a high-rise apartment building]] in [[North Kensington]], [[London]], UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Number of victims of Grenfell Tower fire formally identified is 18|url=http://news.met.police.uk/news/family-tributes-to-victims-of-grenfell-tower-fire-247006|publisher=[[Metropolitan Police Service]]|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704203842/http://news.met.police.uk/news/family-tributes-to-victims-of-grenfell-tower-fire-247006|archive-date=4 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2017 – Republican U.S. House Majority Whip [[Steve Scalise]] of [[Louisiana]], and three others, are [[Congressional baseball shooting|shot]] and wounded while practicing for the annual [[Congressional Baseball Game]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/virginia-shooting-suspect-james-t-hodgkinson-leftwing-activist|title=Virginia shooting: gunman was leftwing activist with record of domestic violence|last1=Laughland|first1=Oliver|last2=Swaine|first2=Jon|date=June 15, 2017|work=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref>
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