| 1381 |
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The Peasant's Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, climaxes when rebels plunder and burn the Tower of London and kill the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 1642 |
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Massachusetts passes the first compulsory education law in the colonies. |
| 1645 |
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Oliver Cromwell's army routs the king's army at Naseby. |
| 1775 |
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The U.S. Army is founded when the Continental Congress authorizes the muster of troops. |
| 1777 |
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The Continental Congress authorizes the "stars and stripes" flag for the new United States. |
| 1789 |
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Captain William Bligh of the HMS Bounty arrives in Timor in a small boat. He had been forced to leave his ship when his crew mutinied. |
| 1846 |
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A group of settlers declare California to be a republic. |
| 1864 |
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At the Battle of Pine Mountain, Georgia, Confederate General Leonidas Polk is killed by a Union shell. |
| 1893 |
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The city of Philadelphia observes the first Flag Day. |
| 1907 |
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Women in Norway win the right to vote. |
| 1919 |
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John William Alcot and Arthur Witten Brown take off from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Clifden, Ireland, on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. |
| 1922 |
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President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to speak on the radio. |
| 1927 |
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Nicaraguan President Porfirio Diaz signs a treaty with the U.S. allowing American intervention in his country. |
| 1932 |
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Representative Edward Eslick dies on the floor of the House of Representatives while pleading for the passage of the bonus bill. |
| 1940 |
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German forces occupy Paris. |
| 1942 |
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The Supreme Court rules that requiring students to salute the American flag is unconstitutional. |
| 1944 |
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Boeing B-29 bombers conduct their first raid against mainland Japan. |
| 1945 |
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Burma is liberated by the British. |
| 1949 |
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The State of Vietnam is formed. |
| 1951 |
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UNIVAC, the first computer built for commercial purposes, is demonstrated in Philadelphia by Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Prosper Eckert, Jr. |
| 1954 |
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Americans take part in the first nation-wide civil defense test against atomic attack. |
| 1965 |
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A military triumvirate takes control in Saigon, South Vietnam. |
| 1982 |
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Argentina surrenders to the United Kingdom ending the Falkland Islands War. |
| 1985 |
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Gunmen hijack a passenger jet over the Middle East. |
| 1989 |
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Congressman William Gray, an African American, is elected Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives. |
| 1995 |
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Chechen rebels take 2,000 people hostage in a hospital in Russia. |
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Born on June 14 |
| 1811 |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin). |
| 1820 |
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John Bartlett, editor, compiler of Barlett's Familiar Quotations. |
| 1855 |
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Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, reform movement leader, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Senator and Progressive Party presidential candidate. |
| 1906 |
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Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist. |
| 1925 |
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary for John F. Kennedy. |
| 1933 |
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Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American novelist (The Painted Bird, Being There). |
| 1946 |
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Donald Trump, New York real estate mogul. |
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