Summary of the Day ✨ 14 June (14/06)
On this day, tragedy struck as London’s Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives and injured 74 others, while in a separate incident, Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and three others were shot during a congressional baseball practice. Additionally, a Ukrainian military plane was shot down killing all 49 aboard, a near-Earth asteroid narrowly missed our planet by 75,000 miles, and Vancouver erupted in riots after the Rangers won the Stanley Cup causing $1.1 million in damages.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 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.
- 2014: A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1985: Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
- 1982: Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
- 1972: Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
- 1967: Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
- 1966: The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (“index of prohibited books”), which was originally instituted in 1557.
- 1962: The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
- 1959: Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1955: Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1954: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words “under God” into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
Famous Births 👶
- 2007: Bryce James, American basketball player
- 2000: RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player
- 2000: Naomi Girma, American soccer player
- 2000: Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player
- 1999: Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer
- 1997: David Bangala, French football defender
- 1997: Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1994: Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer
- 1993: Gunna, American rapper
- 1992: Daryl Sabara, American actor
- 1992: Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991: Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
- 1991: Jesy Nelson, English singer
- 1990: Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norwegian long-distance runner
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Afa Ah Loo, Samoan fashion designer
- 2025: Melissa Hortman, American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
- 2024: Dudu Myeni, South African businesswoman (born 1963)
- 2024: George Nethercutt, American lawyer, author, and politician (born 1944)
- 2022: A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (born 1936)
- 2020: Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian film actor (born 1986)
- 2016: Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (born 1928)
- 2016: Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1919)
- 2015: Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (born 1940)
- 2015: Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (born 1926)
- 2015: Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (born 1924)
- 2014: Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)
- 2014: Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935)
- 2014: Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929)
- 2014: James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938)
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:
Joseph the Hymnographer (Roman Catholic: Orthodox April 3) - Christian feast day:
Methodios I of Constantinople - Christian feast day:
Quintian of Rodez (Rodez) - Christian feast day:
Richard Baxter (Church of England) - Christian feast day:
Valerius and Rufinus - Christian feast day:
June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
Baltic Freedom Day (United States) - Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia) - Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia) - Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)