On This Day in History — June 14

• 2017 — London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves at least 80 people dead and another 74 injured.
• 2014 — A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
• 2002 — Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• 1994 — The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• 1986 — The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at Galaxyland.
• 1982 — Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

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Notable Births on June 14

• 1993 — Gurinder Sandhu, Australian cricketer
• 1992 — Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 — Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
• 1990 — Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 — Stephen McLaughlin, Irish footballer
• 1989 — Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter

Notable Deaths on June 14

• 2016 — Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1919)
• 2015 — Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
• 2014 — Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)

Sports on June 14

• WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ Las Vegas Aces — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: TBD @ TBD — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Dallas Wings @ Portland Fire — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants — 02:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on June 15

• 🌍 Anniversary of the Passing of General Martín Miguel de Güemes (Argentina)
• 🌍 Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (Argentina)
• 🌍 Sacred Heart (Colombia)
• 🌍 Sagrado Corazón (observado) (Colombia)
• 🌍 World Cup Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

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Religious Observances on June 15

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Tamuz ראש חודש תמוז

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On This Day in History — June 15

• 2013 — A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
• 2012 — Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
• 2001 — Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
• 1996 — The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
• 1994 — Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
• 1992 — The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for...

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Notable Births on June 15

• 1997 — Madison Kocian, American gymnast
• 1994 — Vincent Janssen, Dutch footballer
• 1993 — Kanna Arihara, Japanese singer
• 1993 — Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1992 — Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
• 1992 — Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

Notable Deaths on June 15

• 2016 — Lois Duncan, American author (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Jean Doré, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1944)
• 2015 — Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (b. 1917)
• 2014 — Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (b. 1927)
• 2014 — Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1927)

Sports on June 15

• MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Washington Nationals — 22:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Mets @ Cincinnati Reds — 23:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals — 23:45 UTC Scheduled

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