History Events on June 14

Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.

#Munich

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.

#American_Civil_War

The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.

#Napoleon

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.

#Cuba

World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.

#World_War_II

Welsh rebel leader Owain Glynd?r, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.

#Owain_Glynd?r

A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

#Ilyushin_Il-76

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.

#Badi_VII

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.

#Fuzhou

London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.

#London

Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

#Territory_of_Hawaii

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.

#Raid_on_the_Medway

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.

#Ilocos_Sur

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.

#Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown

Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

#Tarnów

American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

#American_Revolutionary_War

Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

#Chile

U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.

#Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937

Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).

#Courante_uyt_Italien,_Duytslandt,_&c.

Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.

#Henley_Royal_Regatta

Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

#Pennsylvania

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

#Dwight_D._Eisenhower

King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.

#William_III_of_England

Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.

#Disneyland_Monorail_System

Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.

#Kublai_Khan

Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.

#Mariner_program

In Alexandria, Virginia, Republican member of Congress and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is shot while practicing for charity baseball.

#Alexandria,_Virginia

Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

#Falklands_War

Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.

#French_Algeria

Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.

#Siege_of_Port_Hudson

Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.

#Richard_II_of_England

The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

#Flag_of_the_United_States

Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.

#Charles_Babbage

UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.

#UNIVAC_I

Brazil leaves the League of Nations.

#Brazil

World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.

#Operation_Perch

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.

#Napoleon

Norway grants women the right to vote.

#Women's_suffrage

First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.

#First_Barons'_War

The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.

#Mindbender_(Galaxyland)

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.

#Mutiny_on_the_Bounty

Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Tr?n Quang Kh?i of the Tr?n dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.

#Mongol_invasions_of_Vietnam

English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.

#English_Civil_War

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.

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.

The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.

The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris - later becoming the European Space Agency.

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.

June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.

The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.

The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size.

The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.

Trade unions are legalized in Canada.

Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.