Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 14
This is a list of selected June 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Digital reproduction of the homemade Bear Flag of the California Republic
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Ineligible
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| 1777 – The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States. | refimprove section |
| 1807 – In the last major battle in the War of the Fourth Coalition, the French defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland near present-day Pravdinsk, Russia. | unreferenced section |
| 1822 – In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. | lead too short |
| 1985 – TWA Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Athens, where it with its passengers and crew then endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal as they were forced to travel back and forth several times between Beirut and Algiers. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1645 – English Civil War: In the Battle of Naseby, the main army of King Charles I was defeated by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
- 1846 – Anglo-American settlers in the Town of Sonoma began a rebellion against Mexico, proclaiming the California Republic and eventually raising a homemade flag with a bear and star (digital reproduction pictured).
- 1940 – World War II: Four days after the French government fled Paris, German forces occupied the French capital, essentially ending the Battle of France.
- 1954 – Sixty-two years after adopting the Pledge of Allegiance, the United States inserted the words "under God", citing Abraham Lincoln's use of it in his Gettysburg Address.
- 1985 – The Schengen Agreement, a treaty to abolish systematic border controls between participating European countries, was signed between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community.
June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1982); Flag Day in the United States
- 1285 – Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of Vietnam's Tran Dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
- 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat had appeared inevitable until the arrival of French troops led by Louis Desaix.
- 1940 – The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a new pro-Soviet government.
- 1966 – The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books (title page pictured).
- 1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to the British, essentially ending the Falklands War.