June 14

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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

• 827 – Conquest of Sicily: An Muslim expedition (10,00 men) under Asad ibn al-Furat lands in Sicily and defeats the Byzantines near Mazara.
• 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 in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
• 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 on Blackheath. 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 – 12,000 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 Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress 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.
• 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
• 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 Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
• 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".
• 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 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 legalised in Canada.
• 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• 1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
• 1907 – Norway grants women the right to vote.
• 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: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• 1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents 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 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL 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.
• 1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
• 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 – A group of Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing 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.
• 1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
• 1982 – Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
• 1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
• 1986 – The Mindbender accident happens at West Edmonton Mall. 3 people died, and 1 person was injured in the accident. This accident caused WEM to close the Mindbender for a few months for upgrades to it. Since 1986, the Mindbender has run accident free ever since.
• 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.
• 2015 – A wildfire near Willow, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough burns over 6,500 acres.

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)
• 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 Sr., 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, American singer and actress (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
• 1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
• 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer and novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and theorist (d. 1995)
• 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)
• 1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
• 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 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)
• 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Jean Madiran, French author (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish-American architect, designed Bank of America Plaza and the Central Park Zoo
• 1922 – K. Asif, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1922 – Harvey Littleton, American glass artist and educator (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Ivan Gubijan, Yugoslavian hammer thrower (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator
• 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
• 1928 – Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, and guerrilla leader (d. 1967)
• 1929 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Kenneth Cope, English actor
• 1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1931 – John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer
• 1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator
• 1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1937 – Willie Louis, American witness in the Emmett Till murder trial (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton, Irish academic and politician
• 1938 – Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 – Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter
• 1939 – Colin Thubron, English journalist and author
• 1940 – Jack Bannon, American actor
• 1940 – Ben Davidson, American football player and actor (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Andy Irvine, English-Irish singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (Planxty, Sweeney's Men, and Patrick Street)
• 1942 – Jonathan Raban, English author and academic
• 1943 – Barry Burman, English painter and academic (d. 2001)
• 1943 – Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
• 1943 – John Miles, English race car driver and journalist
• 1943 – Spooner Oldham, American organist and songwriter
• 1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
• 1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Zombies and Argent)
• 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, founded the Trump Entertainment Resorts
• 1947 – Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
• 1947 – Kat Martin, American author
• 1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
• 1947 – Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
• 1947 – Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist (Pink Fairies, The Deviants, and Hawkwind)
• 1948 – Laurence Yep, American author and playwright
• 1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Slade)
• 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 – Papa Wemba, Congolese singer (d. 2016)
• 1949 – Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White, and Circa)
• 1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian
• 1951 – Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa
• 1952 – Robert Lepikson, Estonian race car driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
• 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach
• 1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American philosopher, journalist, and critic
• 1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand lawyer and politician
• 1953 – David Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
• 1954 – Will Patton, American actor
• 1955 – Kirron Kher, Indian actress and politician
• 1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American businessman and politician
• 1955 – Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer (Lily Savage)
• 1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer-songwriter and producer (Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, and Brats)
• 1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer and coach
• 1956 – Sam Irvin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Maxi Jazz, English rapper (Faithless)
• 1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer and businesswoman
• 1957 – Mona Simpson, American novelist
• 1958 – Pamela Geller, American activist and blogger
• 1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater and physician
• 1959 – Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer (SMV)
• 1960 – Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
• 1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
• 1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)
• 1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player (Disciplina kičme and Disciplin A Kitschme)
• 1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
• 1963 – Stuart Evans, Welsh rugby player
• 1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer and academic
• 1964 – Kaija Parve, Estonian biathlete
• 1965 – Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Lard, and League of Blind Women) (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
• 1966 – Eduardo Waghorn, Chilean singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Kumar Mangalam Birla, Indian businessman
• 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
• 1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
• 1968 – Molly Glynn, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1968 – Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter
• 1969 – Elroy Chester, American murderer (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1969 – Michael Gerber, American author
• 1969 – Steffi Graf, German-American tennis player
• 1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
• 1969 – MC Ren, American rapper and producer (N.W.A)
• 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 (Duran Duran)
• 1972 – Claude Henderson, South African cricketer
• 1972 – Danny McFarlane, Jamaican hurdler and sprinter
• 1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1974 – Sutan Amrull, American drag queen performer and makeup artist
• 1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
• 1974 – Joshua Radin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese race car driver
• 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 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian model
• 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
• 1979 – Osvaldo Benavides, Mexican actor
• 1979 – Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby player
• 1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
• 1982 – Jamie Green, English race car driver
• 1982 – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
• 1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
• 1983 – Hirofumi Araki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1983 – Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper
• 1983 – Ayumi Beppu, Japanese actress
• 1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1983 – J. R. Martinez, American soldier and actor
• 1983 – John Stocco, American football player
• 1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
• 1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
• 1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
• 1985 – Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger
• 1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
• 1986 – Manami Higa, Japanese actress
• 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 singer, dancer, and actor (NLT)
• 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer (American Juniors)
• 1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
• 1989 – Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1990 – Stephen McLaughlin, Irish footballer
• 1991 – Erick Barrondo, Guatemalan race walker
• 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
• 1992 – Joel Crouse, American singer-songwriter
• 1993 – Svetlana Issakova, Estonian figure skater
• 1993 – Graeme MacGregor, Scottish footballer

Deaths

• 767 – Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)
• 809 – Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (b. 731)
• 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (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 Gandia, 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 – 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)
• 1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
• 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)
• 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 author, poet, and playwright (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)
• 1953 – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
• 1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
• 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 – Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (War) (b. 1939)
• 1982 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress and singer (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian author and poet (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 (Taste) (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, Austrian lieutenant and politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Bob Bogle, American guitarist (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
• 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 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor and director (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Pa Dillon, Irish hurler (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Al Green, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Hugh Maguire, Irish violinist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and art dealer (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Tom Tall, American singer (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Olwen Wymark, American-English playwright (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French-American actress (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Francis Matthews, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2014 – James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Telangana Shakuntala, Indian actress (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Rodney Thomas, American football player (b. 1973)
• 2015 – Zito, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Hugo Blanco, Venezuelan harp player and composer (b. 1940)
• 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)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Caomhán of Inisheer
  • Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
  • Methodios I of Constantinople
  • Richard Baxter (Church of England)
  • June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
  • 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

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada