On this day: 14 June

Selected events and births on 14 June, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1777 – The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States. Read more: Second Continental Congress Flag of the United States
• 1822 – In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. Read more: Royal Astronomical Society Charles Babbage Difference engine
• 1900 – The second of the German Naval Laws was passed, authorising the doubling in size of the Imperial German Navy. Read more: German Naval Laws Imperial German Navy
• 1934 – The landmark Australian Eastern Mission concluded after a three-month diplomatic tour of East and South-East Asia. Read more: Australian Eastern Mission
• 1966 – The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books (title page pictured). Read more: Holy See Index Librorum Prohibitorum
• 1992 – Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses". Read more: Disappearance of Helena Andersson Mariestad

Born on this day

• 1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States Read more: Donald Trump President of the United States
• 1951 – Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa Read more: Paul Boateng List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa
• 1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and engineer, founded KDE Read more: Matthias Ettrich KDE
• 1994 – Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer Read more: Taeil (singer)
• 1997 – David Bangala, French football defender Read more: David Bangala
• 1997 – Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer-songwriter Read more: Fujii Kaze
• 1999 – Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer Read more: Tzuyu
• 2000 – RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player Read more: RJ Barrett
• 2000 – Naomi Girma, American soccer player Read more: Naomi Girma
• 2000 – Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player Read more: Bobby Witt Jr.
• 2004 – Soyoka Yoshida, Japanese entertainer Read more: Soyoka Yoshida
• 2007 – Bryce James, American basketball player Read more: Bryce James

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / June 14 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.