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June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 200 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
• 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.
• 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
• 1285 – Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroy most of the invading 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.
• 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 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
• 1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
• 1690 – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the 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 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
• 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's French Grande Armée 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 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 colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand 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: Second Battle of 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 legalized in Canada.
• 1881 – The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• 1900 – The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• 1907 – The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• 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: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• 1940 – Seven hundred 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 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 Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
• 1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• 1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the 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.
• 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 – Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• 1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• 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 – Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
• 1986 – The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
• 1994 – The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• 2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• 2014 – A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
• 2017 – London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
• 2017 – In Alexandria, Virginia, Republican member of Congress and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is shot while practicing for charity baseball.

Births

• 1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
• 1463 – Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1514)
• 1479 – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1552)
• 1529 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1595)
• 1627 – Johann Abraham Ihle, German astronomer (d. 1699)
• 1691 – Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer (d. 1758)
• 1726 – Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (d. 1798)
• 1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1786)
• 1736 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (d. 1806)
• 1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer and educator (d. 1845)
• 1780 – Henry Salt, English historian and diplomat, British Consul-General in Egypt (d. 1827)
• 1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)
• 1798 – František Palacký, Czech historian and politician (d. 1876)
• 1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
• 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (d. 1896)
• 1812 – Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)
• 1819 – Henry Gardner, American merchant and politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
• 1820 – John Bartlett, American author and publisher (d. 1905)
• 1829 – Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (d. 1884)
• 1838 – Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1922)
• 1840 – William F. Nast, American businessman (d. 1893)
• 1848 – Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher and theorist (d. 1923)
• 1848 – Max Erdmannsdörfer, German conductor and composer (d. 1905)
• 1855 – Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
• 1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1922)
• 1862 – John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic (d. 1915)
• 1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
• 1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1868 – Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (d. 1947)
• 1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
• 1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (d. 1946)
• 1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author (d. 1936)
• 1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
• 1877 – Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (d. 1944)
• 1878 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (d. 1943)
• 1879 – Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach (d. 1955)
• 1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (d. 1953)
• 1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
• 1894 – José Carlos Mariátegui (d. 1930)
• 1894 – W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1900 – June Walker, American stage and film actress (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1980)
• 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 author and illustrator (d. 1978)
• 1907 – René Char, French poet and author (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German pianist and conductor (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1917 – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator (d. 2019)
• 1923 – Green Wix Unthank, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
• 1924 – James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, guerrilla leader and politician (d. 1967)
• 1929 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Alan Davidson, Australian cricketer
• 1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian
• 1931 – Ross Higgins, Australian actor (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator
• 1938 – Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 – Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Colin Thubron, English journalist and author
• 1942 – Jonathan Raban, English author and academic
• 1942 – Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Barry Burman, English painter and academic (d. 2001)
• 1943 – Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
• 1943 – John Miles, English racing driver and journalist
• 1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)
• 1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1945 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Richard Stebbins, American sprinter and educator
• 1946 – Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French-Swiss businessman (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Tõnu Sepp, Estonian instrument maker and educator
• 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality and 45th President of the United States
• 1947 – Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
• 1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist
• 1948 – Laurence Yep, American author and playwright
• 1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1949 – Roger Powell, English-Australian scientist and academic
• 1949 – Antony Sher, South African-British actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Harry Turtledove, American historian and author
• 1949 – Alan White, English drummer and songwriter
• 1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian
• 1951 – Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa
• 1951 – Danny Edwards, American golfer
• 1952 – Robert Lepikson, Estonian racing driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
• 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
• 1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American philosopher, journalist, and critic
• 1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand lawyer and politician
• 1954 – Will Patton, American actor
• 1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American businessman and politician
• 1955 – Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer
• 1955 – Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film & television actress, TV talk show host, politician and Member of Parliament
• 1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer and coach
• 1956 – King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen), heavy metal musician
• 1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer and businesswoman
• 1957 – Mona Simpson, American novelist
• 1958 – Pamela Geller, American activist and blogger
• 1959 – Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
• 1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
• 1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
• 1963 – Grant Kenny, Australian iron man and canoeist
• 1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer and academic
• 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
• 1968 – Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter
• 1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
• 1970 – Heather McDonald, American comedian, actress, and author
• 1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
• 1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and engineer, founded KDE
• 1972 – Dominic Brown, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1972 – Claude Henderson, South African cricketer
• 1972 – Danny McFarlane, Jamaican hurdler and sprinter
• 1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Boeta Dippenaar, South African cricketer
• 1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
• 1977 – Joe Worsley, English rugby player and coach
• 1978 – Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast and coach
• 1978 – Nikola Vujčić, Croatian former professional basketball player
• 1979 – Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1982 – Jamie Green, English racing driver
• 1982 – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
• 1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
• 1983 – Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper
• 1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
• 1984 – Mark Cosgrove, Australian cricketer
• 1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
• 1985 – Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger
• 1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver
• 1986 – Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer
• 1988 – Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality
• 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Brad Takairangi, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1990 – Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Stephen McLaughlin, Irish footballer
• 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Jesy Nelson, English singer
• 1992 – Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – Gunna, American rapper
• 1993 – Ryan McCartan, American actor and singer
• 1999 – Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer

Deaths

• 809 – Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (b. 731)
• 847 – Methodius I, patriarch of Constantinople
• 957 – Guadamir, bishop of Vic (Spain)
• 976 – Aron, Bulgarian nobleman
• 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (b. 1100)
• 1205 – Walter III, Count of Brienne
• 1349 – Günther von Schwarzburg, German king (b. 1304)
• 1381 – Simon Sudbury, English archbishop (b. 1316)
• 1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1474)
• 1516 – John III of Navarre (b. 1469)
• 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
• 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470)
• 1583 – Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai (b. 1522)
• 1594 – Jacob Kroger, German goldsmith, hanged in Edinburgh for stealing the jewels of Anne of Denmark.
• 1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1532)
• 1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1613)
• 1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
• 1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter and illustrator (b. 1628)
• 1746 – Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698)
• 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1718)
• 1800 – Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
• 1800 – Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
• 1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (b. 1741)
• 1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
• 1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1864 – Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (b. 1806)
• 1887 – Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (b. 1807)
• 1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (b. 1809)
• 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (b. 1823)
• 1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
• 1907 – Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
• 1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian author (b. 1865)
• 1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1923 – Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (b. 1838)
• 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (b. 1843)
• 1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
• 1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
• 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 1933 – Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
• 1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 – Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
• 1953 – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
• 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1977 – Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
• 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 – Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)
• 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (b. 1918)
• 1987 – Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1942)
• 1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2002 – June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (b. 1900)
• 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Monty Berman, English director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1905)
• 2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
• 2009 – William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (b. 1929)
• 2014 – James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2015 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 – Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
• 2016 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1919)
• 2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian film actor (b. 1986)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Burchard of Meissen
  • Caomhán of Inisheer
  • Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
  • Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
  • Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
  • Joseph the Hymnographer (Roman Catholic: Orthodox April 3)
  • Methodios I of Constantinople
  • Quintian of Rodez (Rodez)
  • Richard Baxter (Church of England)
  • Valerius and Rufinus
  • June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
  • Baltic Freedom Day (United States)
  • Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
  • Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
• Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
• Flag Day (United States)
• Freedom Day (Malawi)
• Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
• World Blood Donor Day

External links

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on June 14". OnThisDay.com.
• "Today in Canadian History". Canada Channel.