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This day in history: 14 June

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348 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 14 June.
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2026: Two helicopters collide mid-air in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people on board, including American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, director and screenwriter Lucas A. Vignale, and Brazilian music producer L

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)

Christian feast day: Burchard of Meissen

Christian feast day: Caomhán of Inisheer

Christian feast day: Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)

Christian feast day: June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Methodios I of Constantinople

Christian feast day: Richard Baxter (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Valerius and Rufinus

Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Baltic Freedom Day (United States)

Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)

Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)

Events

2026Two helicopters collide mid-air in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people on board, including American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, director and screenwriter Lucas A. Vignale, and Brazilian music producer L

2017Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

2017The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.

2014A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

2002Near-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.

1994The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.

1986The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.

1985Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.

1982Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces ending the war.

1972Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.

1967Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.

1966The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.

1962The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.

1959Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.

1955Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1954U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

1951UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.

1950An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location.

1949Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space.

1945World 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.

1944World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.

1941June deportation: The first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians from the occupied Baltic states begins.

1940Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1940The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania, resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.

1940World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.

1937Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

1937U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.

1934The landmark Australian Eastern Mission returns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia.

1931A deadly tornado strikes Birmingham, England, damaging 2,221 homes and businesses.

1926Brazil leaves the League of Nations.

1919John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.

1907The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

1900Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

1900The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.

1888The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.

1872Trade unions are legalized in Canada.

1863American 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.

1863Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.

1846Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.

1839Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.

Born on this day

2007Bryce James, American basketball player

2004Soyoka Yoshida, Japanese entertainer

2000Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player

2000Naomi Girma, American soccer player

2000RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player

1999Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer

1997David Bangala, French football defender

1997Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer-songwriter

1994Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer

1993Gunna, American rapper

1992Daryl Sabara, American actor

1992Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player

1991Jesy Nelson, English singer

1991Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer

1990Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norwegian long-distance runner

1990Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player

1989Brad Takairangi, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player

1989Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter

1988Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer

1988Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality

1987Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer

1986Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player

1986Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp, Barbadian netball player

1985Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver

1985Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger

1984Lorenzo Booker, American football player

1984Mark Cosgrove, Australian cricketer

1984Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter

1984Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer

1983Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter

1983Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper

1982Jamie Green, English racing driver

1982Lang Lang, Chinese pianist

1982Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer

1982Trine Rønning, Norwegian footballer

1981Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager

1979Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby league player

1978Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast and coach

1978Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Died on this day

2026Gaspi, Argentinian YouTuber (born 2002)

2026Oliver Tree, American singer and songwriter (born 1993)

2025Afa Ah Loo, Samoan fashion designer

2025Melissa Hortman, American lawyer and politician (born 1970)

2024Dudu Myeni, South African businesswoman (born 1963)

2024George Nethercutt, American lawyer, author, and politician (born 1944)

2022A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (born 1936)

2020Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian film actor (born 1986)

2016Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (born 1928)

2016Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1919)

2015Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (born 1926)

2015Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (born 1924)

2015Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (born 1940)

2014Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)

2014Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935)

2014James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938)

2014Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929)

2013Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

2012Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (born 1923)

2012Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (born 1945)

2012Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1921)

2012Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (born 1930)

2012Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (born 1920)

2012Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1926)

2009Bob Bogle, American musician (born 1934)

2009William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)

2007Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (born 1918)

2007Robin Olds, American general and pilot (born 1922)

2007Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (born 1920)

2006Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1930)

Quote of the day

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

attributed to Marcus Aurelius

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