June 14th, 1944

Born on June 14th, 1944

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What happened on June 14th, 1944?

June 14th, 1944

World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Perch

June 14th, 1944

Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on June 14th?

June 14th, 2017

A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, killing 72 people.

June 14th, 2014

War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.

June 14th, 1982

Falklands War: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher announced that white flags were flying over Port Stanley, in advance of the formal surrender of Argentine forces.

June 14th, 1971

Emerson, Lake & Palmer released the progressive rock album Tarkus.

June 14th, 1966

The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books.

June 14th, 1949

Albert II became the first monkey in space, reaching an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) in a V-2 rocket.

June 14th, 1940

The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a pro-Soviet government.

June 14th, 1846

Settlers in Sonoma began rebelling against Mexico, later proclaiming the California Republic and raising a homemade flag with a bear and a star.

June 14th, 1822

In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine (pictured), an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

June 14th, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat had appeared inevitable until the arrival of French troops led by Louis Desaix.

June 14th, 1777

The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.

June 14th, 1646

Franco-Spanish War: French and Spanish fleets fought the inconclusive Battle of Orbetello, with sailing vessels of both sides having to be towed into action by galleys due to light winds.

June 14th, 1644

First English Civil War: Prince Maurice] abandoned his siege of Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian relief force.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 14th

Born on June 14th, 1944

79

Jordi Bernet

Artist

*June 14th, 1944, Barcelona

48

Laurie Colwin

American novelist, short story writer, food writer

*June 14th, 1944, Manhattan †October 24th, 1992, Manhattan

77

Károly Vass

Hungarian handball player (1944-2021)

*June 14th, 1944, Šahy †August 31st, 2021

79

Joe Grifasi

American actor

*June 14th, 1944, Buffalo

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Who's birthday is on June 14th?

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

69

Eddie Mekka

American actor (1952–2021)

*June 14th, 1952, Worcester †November 27th, 2021, Newhall

52

Marco Bülow

German politician

*June 14th, 1971, Dortmund

85

James Black

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist

*June 14th, 1924, Uddingston †March 22nd, 2010, London

76

Matthyas Jenny

Swiss writer and publisher

*June 14th, 1945, Basel †October 10th, 2021, Basel

54

Steffi Graf

German tennis player

*June 14th, 1969, Mannheim

72

Alan White

English rock drummer (1949–2022)

*June 14th, 1949, Ferryhill †May 26th, 2022, Seattle

61

Jörg Immendorff

German artist (1945-2007)

*June 14th, 1945, Bleckede †May 28th, 2007, Düsseldorf

72

Antony Sher

British actor, writer and theatre director

*June 14th, 1949, Cape Town †December 2nd, 2021, Stratford-upon-Avon

103

Gisèle Casadesus

French actress (1914-2017)

*June 14th, 1914, 18th arrondissement of Paris †September 24th, 2017, Paris

65

Eric Heiden

American speed skater

*June 14th, 1958, Madison

69

Gianna Nannini

Italian singer and songwriter

*June 14th, 1954, Siena

85

Harriet Beecher Stowe

American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)

*June 14th, 1811, Litchfield †July 1st, 1896, Hartford

72

Alexander Sokurov

Russian film director

*June 14th, 1951, Irkutsky District

70

Janusz Stefanski

Polish drummer

*June 14th, 1946, Kraków †November 4th, 2016, Frankfurt

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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