June 14th in History

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.

1777 - The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

1800 - The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.

1801 - Benedict Arnold, general, traitor in the American Revolution dies

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.

1900 - Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

1907 - Norway gives women the right to vote.

1940 - World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.

1941 - June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.

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

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.

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

1982 - The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

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. One person is left with permanent brain damage.

Famous Birthdays

1529 - Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria

1730 - Antonio Sacchini, composer

1870 - Sophia of Prussia, Queen consort of the Hellenes

1894 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess regnant of Luxembourg

1931 - Marla Gibbs, actress

1944 - Joe Grifasi, actor

1956 - King Diamond, singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

1966 - Traylor Howard, actress

1972 - Michael Cade, actor

1984 - Siobhán Donaghy, singer-songwriter

1988 - Kevin McHale, singer, dancer, and actor