Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
68221June 14Death2014 – Rodney Thomas, American football player (b. 1973)
68222June 14Death2015 – Zito, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
68223June 14Death2015 – Hugo Blanco, Venezuelan harp player and composer (b. 1940)
68224June 14Death2015 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
68225June 14Death2015 – Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)
68226June 14Death2015 – Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
68227June 14Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Caomhán of InisheerElisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)Methodios I of ConstantinopleRichard Baxter (Church of England)June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
68228June 14Holiday and observanceCommemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
68229June 14Holiday and observanceDay of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
68230June 14Holiday and observanceFlag Day (United States)
68231June 14Holiday and observanceFreedom Day (Malawi)
68232June 14Holiday and observanceLiberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
68233June 14Holiday and observanceWorld Blood Donor Day
68234June 15Event763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
68235June 15Event923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
68236June 15Event1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
68237June 15Event1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
68238June 15Event1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as
68239June 15Event1246 – With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
68240June 15Event1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
68241June 15Event1312 – At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
68242June 15Event1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
68243June 15Event1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
68244June 15Event1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
68245June 15Event1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
68246June 15Event1580 – Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
68247June 15Event1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
68248June 15Event1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
68249June 15Event1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
68250June 15Event1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

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