1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
1807 – Emperor Napoleon’s French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words “under God” into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
Sunday, June 14th, 2020
Florida reports two consecutive days of 2,000-plus new COVID-19 cases as more counties reopen their beaches. Miami’s mayor says this information doesn’t include data from Memorial Day weekend and the George Floyd protests. (ABC News)
Coronavirus cases on the rise in many states as New York emerges New York state has “tamed the beast,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Saturday, referring to the coronavirus, which took a devastating toll on the state in the early months of the pandemic. New York reported 32 COVID-19-related deaths Saturday, the lowest daily figure since the pandemic hit, and hospitalizations are at their lowest point since March 20. But coronavirus cases are still increasing in several states, and some, like Texas and North Carolina, are now seeing a record number of hospitalizations amid efforts to re-open their economies. Overall, more than 115,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. Elsewhere, China has seen its largest increase in local infections — most of which are linked to a market in Beijing — in months, and Brazil is now recording the highest number of daily deaths. Source: CNN
Atlanta police chief resigns, officer fired after fatal shooting Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned, the city’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Saturday, while an officer, Garrett Rolfe, who fatally shot a 27-year-old black man named Rayshard Brooks was fired, the police department announced early Sunday. Rolfe and another officer, Devin Brosnan, found Brooks sleeping in a Wendy’s parking lot. After Brooks failed a sobriety test, a struggle ensued and ended with Rolfe shooting and killing Brooks. Bottoms said she does not believe the shooting was justified. Brooks’ death, which comes amid nationwide protests against police brutality, sparked more demonstrations in Atlanta, and protesters set fire to the Wendy’s where the shooting took place. Since the protests began following the killing of George Floyd at the end of May, multiple Atlanta police officers have been suspended, fired, and charged for use of excessive force. Source: The Associated Press
Protestors set fire to a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., in response to Reyshard Brooks’ murder the evening before. Outside the restaurant the previous day, two police officers shot Brooks after escaping from police with a taser. (The Guardian)
A man is killed, a woman raped and three others stabbed at two illegal “quarantine raves” late Saturday that attracted 6,000 people in Greater Manchester. Police said these were a clear breach of coronavirus legislation. (BBC)
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