June 14 in History

Historical Events on June 14

1775 American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

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.

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.

1926 Brazil leaves the League of Nations

1940 World War II: As part of Germany's Fall Rot, Paris is occupied and Allied forces retreat.

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.

1967 China tests its first hydrogen bomb.

2017 London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves at least 80 people dead and another 74 injured.

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Famous Birthdays on June 14

1928 Che Guevara

1932 Joe Arpaio

1946 Donald Trump

1969 Steffi Graf

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Famous Deaths on June 14

1801 Benedict Arnold

1920 Max Weber

1928 Emmeline Pankhurst

1986 Jorge Luis Borges

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