What are the important events that happened on June 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 14 is the 165^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 200 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 1, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,749,859,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontapentagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 248 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,558 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 14 Historical Events

• 1645 –
  English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
• 1821 –
  Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
• 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.
• 1872 –
  Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
• 1937 –
  U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• 1944 –
  World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
• 1945 –
  World War II: U.S and Filipino forces at the Battle of Bessang Pass in Ilocos Sur province in Northern Luzon.
• 1947 –
  Roswell UFO incident A supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico
• 1985 –
  TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.

Who were born on June 14?

• 1726 –
  James Hutton, Scottish naturalist (d. 1797)
• 1913 –
  Joe Morris, Canadian trade unionist (d. 1996)
• 1916 –
  Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1917 –
  Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and writer
• 1929 –
  Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1944 –
  Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
• 1947 –
  Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
• 1969 –
  Michael Gerber, American parodist
• 1972 –
  Michael Cade, American actor
• 1992 –
  Daryl Sabara, American actor

Who died on June 14?

• 1548 –
  Carpentras, French composer (b. c. 1470)
• 1703 –
  Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
• 1794 –
  Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718)
• 1825 –
  Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)
• 1968 –
  Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1979 –
  Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer and composer (b. 1946)
• 2002 –
  June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
• 2007 –
  Ruth Graham, China-born wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
• 2008 –
  Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
• 2009 –
  Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)