June 14th

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson broke Red Auerbach's record by winning his 10th NBA title.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared an emergency after the Hamas militant group effectively took control of the Gaza Strip.

American Roman Catholic bishops adopted a policy to bar sexually abusive clergy from face-to-face contact with parishioners but keep them in the priesthood.

A 17-day hijack ordeal began when a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seized TWA Flight 847 shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece.

Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands.

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

The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled.

Albert II becomes the first monkey in space. The rhesus monkey was one of several animals used for testing purposes before sending humans into space. Albert II survived his ascent to 134 km (83 mi) altitude but died on his return to Earth due to a parachute failure.

The Supreme Court ruled schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs.

Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia.

Auschwitz concentration camp opens in Nazi controlled Poland with Polish POWs (approx. 3 million would die within its walls).

The Republican National Convention nominated Herbert Hoover for president.

Warren G. Harding became the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry.

Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight. The British aviators began their journey in St. John's, Newfoundland and reached Galway in Ireland less than 16 hours later. One month earlier, Albert Cushing Read flew across the Atlantic, but his flight included a stop in the Azores Islands.

A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.

Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was born in Litchfield, Conn.

The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

The United States Army was founded.

Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: "New Model Army" under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I.

Richard II in England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.