Today in History
14 June
178 births · 105 deaths · 57 events recorded
Notable Births
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RJ Barrett
b. 2000
Canadian basketball player (born 2000)
Naomi Girma
b. 2000
American soccer player (born 2000)
Bobby Witt Jr.
b. 2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
Tzuyu
b. 1999
Taiwanese singer (born 1999)
Fujii Kaze
b. 1997
Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist
Taeil (singer)
b. 1994
South Korean singer (born 1994)
Che Guevara
b. 1928
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
Margaret Bourke-White
b. 1904
American photographer (1904–1971)
Notable Deaths
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Melissa Hortman
d. 2025
American lawyer and politician (1970–2025)
George Nethercutt
d. 2024
American lawyer and politician (1944–2024)
A. B. Yehoshua
d. 2022
Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (1936–2022)
Sushant Singh Rajput
d. 2020
Indian actor (1986–2020)
Ann Morgan Guilbert
d. 2016
American actress (1928–2016)
Jorge Luis Borges
d. 1986
Argentine writer (1899–1986)
Giacomo Leopardi
d. 1837
Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798–1837)
Benedict Arnold
d. 1801
British military officer (1741–1801)
On This Day in History
All 57 ›
2017
The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
Grenfell Tower fire
2017
Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Steve Scalise
2014
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
2014 Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown
2002
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Near-Earth object
1994
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
1986
The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.
Mindbender (Galaxyland)
1985
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
European Economic Community
1982
Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
Falklands War