History for June 14

History for June 14 - On-This-Day.com
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811, Burl Ives 1909, Gene Barry 1921 


Donald Trump 1946 - Real estate developer, television personality, Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club), Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player 


1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes." 

1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine. 


1834 - Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper. 


1917 - General John Pershing arrived in Paris during World War I. 


1940 - The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland. 


1940 - German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m. 


1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer. 


1952 - The Nautilus was dedicated. It was the first nuclear powered submarine. 


1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. 


1982 - Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.