📜 This Day in History
June 14
1381During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels stormed the Tower of London, killing Simon Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, and Robert Hales, Lord High Treasurer.- 1777The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.
- 1900The second of the German Naval Laws was passed, authorising the doubling in size of the Imperial German Navy.
- 1940Second World War: Four days after the French government fled Paris, German forces occupied the French capital, a major accomplishment in the Fall Rot operation.
- 1992Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses".
- 2026A Bell 206 and AS350 collided in mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people aboard both aircraft including American singer Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, Argentine director and screenwriter Lucas A. Vignale, and Brazilian music producer Lucas Frota.
