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This is a list of selected June 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Flag Day in the United States (1777); refimprove
Liberation Day in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1982); date not cited, unreferenced sections
Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands (1982) both of the two possible targets are stubs
1285 – Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of Vietnam's Trần dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chương Dương. Unable to ascertain the date. The article states "On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month (June 14) 1285" but Battle of Chương Dương shows June 24th in the infobox.
1645English Civil War: In the Battle of Naseby, the main army of King Charles I was defeated by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. refimprove section
1775 – The United States Army was founded as the Continental Army by an act of the Continental Congress. refimprove section
1807 – In the last major battle in the War of the Fourth Coalition, the French defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland near present-day Pravdinsk, Russia. refimprove section
1821 – The Funj Sultanate, in present-day Sudan, was conquered by Egypt without a fight. contradictory: conquest article says June 12
1949Albert II became the first monkey in space, reaching an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) in a V-2 rocket. several inline citations missing
1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to the British, essentially ending the Falklands War. lots of CN tags (21)
1985TWA Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Athens; the situation lasted for three days as the hijackers traveled back and forth several times between Beirut and Algiers. refimprove section
1985 – The Schengen Agreement, a treaty to abolish systematic border controls between participating European countries, was signed between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community. needs more footnotes
1994 – After the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in ice hockey's Stanley Cup Finals, a riot ensued in Downtown Vancouver, causing C$1.1 million in damage. most of the riot description is unreferenced
1999Thabo Mbeki took office as the second President of South Africa. unreferenced section
W. W. E. Ross |b|1894 lots of quotes
Margie Hyams |d|2012 see [1]
* 1882Ōyama Sutematsu graduated from Vassar College, becoming the first Japanese woman to graduate from university. Article only says she was among the first two to attend college, first to graduate claim is not cited and a books search shows support only for "first Japanese woman to graudate from and American [or Western] university".
Thomas Pennant |b|1726| date uncited
Antonio Sacchini |b|1730| date uncited

Eligible

June 14: Flag Day in the United States

Killing of Sudbury and Hales
Killing of Sudbury and Hales
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