Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 14
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June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1982); Flag Day in the United States
- 1381 - King Richard II of England met the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt.
- 1777 - The Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.
- 1822 - Charles Babbage (pictured) proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
- 1940 - Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany (see History of Paris).
- 1985 - TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by Hezbollah militants.
