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June 14: Day of the Week
June 14, 2024 was the 166th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 200 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 14 Historical Event(s)
1381
Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
1648
Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
1839
Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first Regatta.
1863
American Civil War: Battle of Second 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.
1900
Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart St. John’s, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1945
World War II: U.S and Filipino forces at the Battle of Bessang Pass in Ilocos Sur province in Northern Luzon.
1962
The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
1967
Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
Who were born on June 14?
1812
Fernando Wood, American politician (d. 1881)
1961
Sam Perkins, American basketball player
1972
Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist (KDE)
1981
Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
1984
Lorenzo Booker, American football player
1984
Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (Sugababes)
1984
Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
1985
Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver
1986
Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
1987
Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player
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