June 14

June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 200 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
• 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.
• 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
• 1285 – Forces led by Prince Tran Quang Khai of Vietnam's Trần Dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
• 1287 – Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
• 1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
• 1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
• 1667 – 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.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
• 1789 – 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.
• 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
• 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.
• 1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
• 1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
• 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
• 1839 – Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
• 1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
• 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.
• 1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
• 1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
• 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• 1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
• 1907 – Norway grants women the right to vote.
• 1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
• 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
• 1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• 1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• 1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• 1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
• 1944 – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
• 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
• 1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• 1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• 1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
• 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• 1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• 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.
• 1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• 1965 – Nguyen Cao Ky becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
• 1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
• 1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
• 1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
• 1982 – Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
• 1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
• 1994 – The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• 2002 – 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.

Births

• 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)
• 1691 – Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer (d. 1758)
• 1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)
• 1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
• 1780 – Henry Salt, English artist, diplomat, and Egyptologist (d. 1827)
• 1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician (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)
• 1812 – Fernando Wood, American politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)
• 1819 – Henry Gardner, American politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
• 1820 – John Bartlett, American author and publisher (d. 1905)
• 1840 – William F. Nast, American attaché, railroad executive and inventor, and father of Condé Nast (d. 1893)
• 1855 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr., American politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
• 1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
• 1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
• 1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
• 1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish engineer (d. 1946)
• 1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest (d. 1936)
• 1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
• 1878 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (d. 1943)
• 1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (d. 1953)
• 1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, American singer and actress (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
• 1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
• 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
• 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 (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian union leader (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Pauline Moore, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and author
• 1917 – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Jacques Datin, French songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1920 – Jean Madiran, French author (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish-American architect, designed Bank of America Plaza and the Central Park Zoo
• 1922 – K. Asif, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1922 – Harvey Littleton, American glass artist and educator (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Green Wix Unthank, American judge (d. 2013)
• 1924 – James Black, Scottish pharmacologist (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Hermann Kant, German author
• 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player
• 1928 – Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, and guerrilla leader (d. 1967)
• 1929 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Odile Versois, French actress (d. 1980)
• 1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer
• 1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (d. 1991)
• 1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author
• 1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1937 – Willie Louis, American witness in the Emmett Till murder trial (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician
• 1939 – Peter Mayle, English author
• 1940 – Jack Bannon, American actor
• 1942 – Andy Irvine, English-Irish singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (Planxty, Sweeney's Men, and Patrick Street)
• 1943 – Barry Burman, English painter (d. 2001)
• 1943 – John Miles, English race car driver
• 1943 – Spooner Oldham, American organist and songwriter
• 1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
• 1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Zombies and Argent)
• 1945 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1946 – Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French businessman (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, founded the Trump Entertainment Resorts
• 1947 – Kat Martin, American author
• 1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
• 1947 – Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
• 1947 – Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarrist, bassist and cyclist (Pink Fairies and Hawkwind)
• 1948 – Laurence Yep, American author
• 1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Slade)
• 1949 – Harry Turtledove, American author
• 1949 – Alan White, English drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White, and Circa)
• 1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop
• 1951 – Paul Boateng, British politician
• 1952 – Robert Lepikson, Estonian businessman, politician and rally driver (d. 2006)
• 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach
• 1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American journalist
• 1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
• 1953 – David Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
• 1954 – Will Patton, American actor
• 1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American politician
• 1955 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor, and writer
• 1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer-songwriter and producer (Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, and Brats)
• 1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer
• 1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Sam Irvin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Maxi Jazz, English rapper (Faithless)
• 1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer
• 1957 – Mona Simpson, American author and English professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
• 1958 – Pamela Geller, American blogger and author
• 1958 – Eric Heiden, American skater
• 1959 – Eddie Mekka, American actor
• 1959 – Marcus Miller, American bass player and producer (SMV)
• 1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
• 1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)
• 1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player (Disciplina kičme and Disciplin A Kitschme)
• 1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
• 1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer
• 1964 – Kaija Parve, Estonian biathlete
• 1965 – Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Lard, and League of Blind Women) (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
• 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player
• 1967 – Kumar Mangalam Birla, Indian businessman
• 1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
• 1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
• 1968 – Faizon Love, Cubian-American actor
• 1969 – Elroy Chester, American murderer (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Michael Gerber, American author
• 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
• 1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
• 1969 – MC Ren, American rapper (N.W.A)
• 1970 – Heather McDonald, American comedian, actress, and author
• 1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
• 1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
• 1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Michael Cade, American actor
• 1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist, founded KDE
• 1972 – Shaun Keaveny, English radio host
• 1973 – Ceca, Serbian singer
• 1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1974 – Sutan Amrull, American drag queen performer and makeup artist
• 1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
• 1974 – Joshua Radin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1974 – Phillip Rhys, English actor
• 1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese race car driver
• 1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian and actor
• 1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
• 1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian model
• 1978 – Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
• 1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
• 1981 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
• 1982 – Jamie Green, English race car driver
• 1982 – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
• 1982 – Luda Kroiter, Moldavian-born 5 time world salsa champion and Dancing with the Stars instructor
• 1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
• 1983 – Hirofumi Araki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor
• 1983 – J. R. Martinez, American soldier and actor
• 1983 – John Stocco, American football player
• 1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
• 1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
• 1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
• 1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
• 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 singer, dancer, and actor (NLT)
• 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
• 1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
• 1989 – Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1991 – Erick Barrondo, Guatemalan race-walker
• 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
• 1992 – Joel Crouse, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
• 1991 – Jesy Nelson, English singer (Little Mix)
• 1993 – Svetlana Issakova, Estonian figure skater

Deaths

• 767 – Abū Ḥanīfa, Iraqi scholar (b. 699)
• 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (b. 1100)
• 1381 – Simon Sudbury, English archbishop (b. 1316)
• 1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1474)
• 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
• 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470)
• 1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. 1532)
• 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)
• 1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
• 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English 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 (b. 1741)
• 1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
• 1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (b. 1823)
• 1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
• 1907 – Bartolomé Masó, Cuban patriot (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice 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)
• 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
• 1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
• 1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
• 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)
• 1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 1933 – Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
• 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 – Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (War) (b. 1939)
• 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
• 1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Lionel Grigson, British 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, Estonian composer and pedagogue (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Taste) (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937)
• 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet (b. 1911)
• 2002 – June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain climber and guide (b. 1900)
• 2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-American singer (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer, director, and producer (b. 1905)
• 2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American poet, author, and painter (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian lieutenant and politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Bob Bogle, American guitarist (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
• 2009 – William McIntyre, Canadian judge (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian flute player and educator (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jesse Powell, American football player (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Kaka Radhakrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Mako Tabuni, Indonesian activist
• 2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Betty Burstall, Australian director, founded the La Mama Theatre (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Pa Dillon, Irish hurler (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Al Green, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Hugh Maguire, Irish violinist (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Tom Tall, American singer (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Olwen Wymark, American-English playwright (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Basil the Great, Doctor, Bishop of Caesaria, Cappadocia, CE 379 (commemoration, Anglicanism)
  • Cappadocian saints (Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Macrina) (Lutheran)
  • Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
  • Methodios I of Constantinople
  • Richard Baxter (Church of England)
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton (The Episcopal Church)
  • June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Flag Day (United States)
• Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
• Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
• Mourning and Hope Day in Lithuania.
• Women's Day (Iraq)
• World Blood Donor Day (International observance)

External links

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• BBC: On This Day
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