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June 14

100 years on from Brazil, June 14 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstonePearl ❀Birth flowerRose

Gemini is the sign for June 14 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 14?

June 14 is the 165th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1658 and 2017. Famous people born on June 14 include Steffi Graf, Alan Carr and Rowan Williams.

Released on June 14

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Fallen Aces

2023

  • Game Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
  • Game Blue Protocol

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1658

    Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)

  2. 1777

    Second Continental Congress

  3. 1900

    German Naval Laws

  4. 1926

    Brazil

  5. 1934

    Australian Eastern Mission

  6. 1940

    World War II

  7. 1940

    Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania

  8. 1955

    Chile

  9. 1982

    Falklands War

  10. 2017

    Grenfell Tower fire

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 14

Steffi Graf

b. 1969

Alan Carr

b. 1976

Rowan Williams

b. 1950

Rudolf Kempe

b. 1910

Alois Alzheimer

b. 1864

Johann Abraham Ihle

b. 1627

Andy Irvine (musician)

b. 1942

Max Erdmannsdörfer

b. 1848

Deaths

  • 2007Kurt Waldheim
  • 1986Jorge Luis Borges
  • 1920Max Weber
  • 1746Colin Maclaurin
  • 1349Günther von Schwarzburg
  • 1161Emperor Qinzong

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Burchard of Meissen
  • —Christian feast day: Caomhán of Inisheer
  • —Christian feast day: Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
  • —Christian feast day: Methodios I of Constantinople
  • —Christian feast day: Richard Baxter (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Valerius and Rufinus

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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