June 14

June 14 in recent years

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2023 (Wednesday)

2022 (Tuesday)

2021 (Monday)

2020 (Sunday)

2019 (Friday)

2018 (Thursday)

2017 (Wednesday)

2016 (Tuesday)

2015 (Sunday)

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

Events

Pre-1600

• 1158– The city ofMunichis founded byHenry the Lionon the banks of the riverIsar.
• 1216–First Barons' War:PrinceLouis of Francetakes the city ofWinchester,abandoned byJohn, King of England,and soon conquers over half of thekingdom.
• 1276– While taking exile inFuzhou,away from the advancingMongol invaders,the remnants of theSong dynastycourt hold the coronation ceremony forEmperor Duanzong.
• 1285–Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam:Forces led by PrinceTrần Quang Khảiof theTrần dynastydestroy most of the invadingMongolnaval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
• 1287–Kublai Khandefeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalistBorjiginprinces in EastMongoliaandManchuria.
• 1381–Richard II of Englandmeets leaders ofPeasants' RevoltatMile End.TheTower of Londonis stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
• 1404– Welsh rebel leaderOwain Glyndŵr,having declared himselfPrince of Wales,allies himself with the French against KingHenry IV of England.

1601–1900

• 1618– Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaperCourante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.inAmsterdam(approximate date).
• 1645–English Civil War:Battle of Naseby:Twelve thousandRoyalistforces are beaten by fifteen thousandParliamentariansoldiers.
• 1658–Franco-Spanish War:Turenneand the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at thebattle of the Dunes.
• 1690– KingWilliam III of England(William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the formerKing James II.
• 1775–American Revolutionary War:theContinental Armyis established by theContinental Congress,marking the birth of theUnited States Armed Forces.
• 1777– TheSecond Continental Congresspasses theFlag Act of 1777adopting theStars and Stripesas theFlag of the United States.
• 1789–Mutiny on the Bounty:HMSBountymutiny survivors including CaptainWilliam Blighand 18 others reachTimorafter a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
• 1800– The French Army ofFirst Consul Napoleon Bonapartedefeats the Austrians at theBattle of Marengoin Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
• 1807– EmperorNapoleon's FrenchGrande Arméedefeats theRussianArmy at theBattle of Friedlandin Poland (modern RussianKaliningrad Oblast) ending theWar of the Fourth Coalition.
• 1821–Badi VII,king ofSennar,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 Babbageproposes adifference enginein a paper to theRoyal Astronomical Society.
• 1830– Beginning of theFrench colonization of Algeria:Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin theirinvasion of Algiers,landing 27 kilometers west atSidi Fredj.
• 1839–Henley Royal Regatta:the village ofHenley-on-Thames,on theRiver ThamesinOxfordshire,stages its firstregatta.
• 1846–Bear Flag Revoltbegins:Anglosettlers inSonoma, California,start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim theCalifornia Republic.
• 1863–American Civil War:Second Battle of Winchester:AUniongarrison is defeated by theArmy of Northern Virginiain theShenandoah Valleytown ofWinchester, Virginia.
• 1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at theSiege of Port Hudsonduring the American Civil War.
• 1872–Trade unionsare legalized in Canada.
• 1888– TheWhite Rajahsterritories become theBritish protectorateofSarawak.
• 1900–Hawaiibecomes aUnited States territory.
• 1900 – The secondGerman Naval Lawcalls for theImperial German Navyto be doubled in size, resulting in anAnglo-German naval arms race.

1901–present

• 1907– TheNational Association for Women's Suffragesucceeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• 1919–John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown departfromSt. John's, Newfoundlandon the first nonstoptransatlantic flight.
• 1926–Brazilleaves theLeague of Nations.
• 1934– The landmarkAustralian Eastern Missionreturns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia.
• 1937–Pennsylvaniabecomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrateFlag Dayofficially as astate holiday.
• 1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes theMarihuana Tax Act.
• 1940–World War II:The Germanoccupation of Parisbegins.
• 1940 –The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuaniaresulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• 1940 – Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners fromTarnówbecome the first inmates of theAuschwitz concentration camp.
• 1941–June deportation:the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations ofEstonians,LatviansandLithuanians,begins.
• 1944– World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandonsOperation Perch,its plan to capture theGerman-occupied town ofCaen.
• 1945– World War II: Filipino troops of thePhilippine Commonwealth Armyliberate the captured inIlocos Surand start theBattle of Bessang PassinNorthern Luzon.
• 1949–Albert II,arhesus monkey,rides aV-2 rocketto an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and firstmonkey in space.
• 1950– AnAir FranceDouglas DC-4crashesnearBahrain International Airport,killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location.
• 1951–UNIVAC Iis dedicated by theU.S. Census Bureau.
• 1954– U.S. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhowersigns a bill into law that places the words "under God"into the United StatesPledge of Allegiance.
• 1955–Chilebecomes a signatory to theBuenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1959–Disneyland Monorail System,the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public inAnaheim, California.
• 1962– TheEuropean Space Research Organisationis established in Paris – later becoming theEuropean Space Agency.
• 1966– TheVaticanannounces the abolition of theIndex Librorum Prohibitorum( "index of prohibited books" ), which was originally instituted in1557.
• 1967–Mariner program:Mariner 5is launched towardsVenus.
• 1972–Japan Air Lines Flight 471crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (nowIndira Gandhi International Airport) inNew Delhi,India,killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
• 1982–Falklands War:Argentineforces in the capitalStanleyconditionally surrenderto British forces.
• 1985– Five member nations of theEuropean Economic Communitysign theSchengen Agreementestablishing afree travel zonewith noborder controls.
• 1986–The Mindbenderderails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today asGalaxyland) indoor amusement park atWest Edmonton MallinEdmonton,Alberta.
• 1994– The1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotoccurs after theNew York Rangersdefeat theVancouver CanuckstowintheStanley Cup,causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• 2002–Near-Earth asteroid2002 MNmisses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• 2014– A Ukraine militaryIlyushin Il-76airlifter isshot down,killing all 49 people on board.
• 2017– Afire in a high-rise apartment buildinginNorth Kensington,London,UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
• 2017 – US Republican House Majority WhipSteve ScaliseofLouisiana,and three others, areshotand wounded while practicing for the annualCongressional Baseball Game.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1444–Nilakantha Somayaji,Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
• 1479–Giglio Gregorio Giraldi,Italian poet and scholar (d. 1552)
• 1529–Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria(d. 1595)

1601–1900

• 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)
• 1819–Henry Gardner,American merchant and politician, 23rdGovernor 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 9thPrime 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, 20thGovernor 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 Prizelaureate (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 theLondon 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)
• 1898–Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald,Irish Army Officer and painter (d. 1962)
• 1900–Ruth Nanda Anshen,American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1900 –June Walker,American stage and film actress (d. 1966)

1901–present

• 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 (d. 2023)
• 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)
• 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 Prizelaureate (d. 2010)
• 1925–Pierre Salinger,American journalist and politician, 11thWhite House Press Secretary(d. 2004)
• 1926–Don Newcombe,American baseball player (d. 2019)
• 1928–Ernesto "Che" Guevara,Argentinian-Cuban physician, author,guerrillaleader and politician (d. 1967)
• 1929–Cy Coleman,American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1929 –Alan Davidson,Australian cricketer (d. 2021)
• 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 (d. 2017)
• 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–Andy Irvine,Irish folk musician
• 1942 –Jonathan Raban,English author and academic (d. 2023)
• 1942 –Roberto García-Calvo Montiel,Spanish judge (d. 2008)
• 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 45thPresident 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 (d. 2021)
• 1949 –Harry Turtledove,American historian and author
• 1949 –Alan White,English drummer and songwriter (d. 2022)
• 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–Pat Summitt,American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
• 1954–Will Patton,American actor
• 1955 –Paul O'Grady,English television host, producer, and drag performer (d. 2023)
• 1955 –Kirron Kher,Indian theatre, film and television actress, TV talk show host and politician
• 1958–James Gurney,American artist and author
• 1958 –Nick Van Eede,English singer-songwriter
• 1959–Marcus Miller,American bass player, composer, and producer
• 1960–Tonie Campbell,American hurdler
• 1961–Boy George,English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 –Dušan Kojić,Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1961 –Sam Perkins,American basketball player
• 1967–Dedrick Dodge,American football player and coach
• 1967 –Paul Martin,Australian rugby league player
• 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, foundedKDE
• 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
• 1982 –Trine Rønning,Norwegian footballer
• 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–Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp,Barbadian netball player
• 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 –Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal,Norwegian long-distance runner
• 1991–Kostas Manolas,Greek footballer
• 1991 –Jesy Nelson,English singer
• 1992–Daryl Sabara,American actor
• 1992 –Devante Smith-Pelly,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993–Gunna,American rapper
• 1994–Moon Tae-il,South Korean singer
• 1997–David Bangala,French football defender
• 1997 –Fujii Kaze,Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1999–Chou Tzuyu,Taiwanese singer
• 2000–RJ Barrett,Canadian basketball player
• 2000 –Naomi Girma,American soccer player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 809–Ōtomo no Otomaro,Japanese general (b. 731)
• 847–Methodius I,patriarch ofConstantinople
• 957–Guadamir,bishop ofVic(Spain)
• 976–Aron,Bulgarian nobleman
• 1161–Emperor Qinzongof the Song dynasty (b. 1100)
• 1349–Günther von Schwarzburg,German king (b. 1304)
• 1381–Simon Sudbury,English archbishop (b. 1316)
• 1497–Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía,Italian son ofPope 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 ofAnne of Denmark.
• 1594 –Orlande de Lassus,Flemish composer and educator (b. 1532)

1601–1900

• 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 theAmerican Revolutionlater turned British spy (b. 1741)
• 1825–Pierre Charles L'Enfant,French-American architect and engineer, designedWashington, D.C.(b. 1754)
• 1837–Giacomo Leopardi,Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1864–Leonidas Polk,American general and bishop (b. 1806)
• 1877–Mary Carpenter,English educational andsocial reformer(b. 1807)
• 1883–Edward FitzGerald,English poet and author (b. 1809)
• 1886–Alexander Ostrovsky,Russian director and playwright (b. 1823)
• 1898–Dewitt Clinton Senter,American politician, 18thGovernor of Tennessee(b. 1830)

1901–present

• 1907–William Le Baron Jenney,American architect and engineer, designed theHome Insurance Building(b. 1832)
• 1907 –Bartolomé Masó,Cuban soldier and politician (b. 1830)
• 1908–Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby,English captain and politician, 6thGovernor General of Canada(b. 1841)
• 1914–Adlai Stevenson I,American lawyer and politician, 23rdVice 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-foundedDesjardins 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 theIG Farben Building(b. 1869)
• 1946–John Logie Baird,Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 –Jorge Ubico,21stPresident of Guatemala(b. 1878)
• 1949–Albert II,rhesus macaque,animal astronaut,and first mammal in space
• 1953–Tom Cole,Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
• 1968–Salvatore Quasimodo,Italian novelist and poet,Nobel PrizeLaureate (b. 1901)
• 1971–Carlos P. Garcia,8th President of the Republic of the Philippines (b. 1896)
• 1972–Dündar Taşer,Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977–Robert Middleton,American actor (b. 1911)
• 1977 –Alan Reed,American actor, original voice ofFred 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. 1948)
• 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, 9thPresident of Austria(b. 1918)
• 2009–Bob Bogle,American musician (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 theFreedom 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)
• 2022–A. B. Yehoshua,Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (b. 1936)
• 2024–Dudu Myeni,South African businesswoman (b. 1963)
• 2024 –George Nethercutt,American lawyer, author, and politician (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Burchard of Meissen
  • Caomhán of Inisheer
  • Elisha(Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
  • Fortunatus of Naples(Roman Catholic)
  • BlessedFrancisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
  • Joseph the Hymnographer(Roman Catholic: OrthodoxApril 3)
  • Methodios I of Constantinople
  • Quintian of Rodez(Rodez)
  • Richard Baxter(Church of England)
  • Valerius and Rufinus
  • June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of theSoviet Deportationrelated observances:
  • Baltic Freedom Day(United States)
  • Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide(Latvia)
  • Mourning and Commemoration DayorLeinapäev(Estonia)
  • Mourning and Hope Day(Lithuania)
• Day of Memory for Repressed People(Armenia)
• Flag Day (United States)
• Freedom Day (Malawi)
• Liberation Day(Falkland IslandsandSouth 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.