June 14 in History

• 1658

  June 14, 1658:

  Spanish forces are defeated in the Battle of the Dunes by the English and the French.

• 1777

  June 14, 1777:

  The stars and stripes design is approved as the national flag of the United States by the Continental Congress.

• 1922

  June 14, 1922:

  President Warren G. Harding’s speech at a memorial site dedication ceremony is aired on radio, making him the first president to be heard on radio.

• 1923

  June 14, 1923:

  The popular folk song, “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” is commercially recorded for the first time by Fiddlin’ John Carson.

• 1940

  June 14, 1940:

  The Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp receives its first batch of prisoners (Polish political prisoners).

• 1963

  June 14, 1963:

  The Soviet Union launches the Vostok 5 into space.

• 1989

  June 14, 1989:

  Actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested for slapping a police officer who pulled her over in Beverly Hills.

• 2002

  June 14, 2002:

  The action-thriller film, “The Bourne Identity” is released to United States theatres.

• 2009

  June 14, 2009: The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic team in the NBA Finals, earning Coach Phil Jackson his 10th NBA championship.

• 2017

  June 14, 2017:

  A fire in West London’s Grenfell Tower residential complex kills 72 people.