Santo Domingo.- The events of June 14th, are marked by important historical occurrences and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main events of June 14th.
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World Blood Donor Day
Saints’ Day: Saint Methodius of Constantinople and Saint Elisha of Samaria.
National: June 14th Anniversaries
- 1959: The landing of the anti-Trujillo military expeditions began in Constanza, Maimón, and Estero Hondo.
International: June 14th Anniversaries
- 1648: in Boston (United States), citizen Margaret Jones is hanged for being a witch, in the first execution of this kind in the city.
- 1800: 87 km southwest of Milan (Italian peninsula), the French army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo and reconquers Italy.
- 1823: Guatemala separates from Mexico.
- 1864: in Spain, Isabella II inaugurates the National Mint and Stamp Factory.
- 1907: in Norway, the National Association for Women’s Suffrage succeeds in granting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
- 1937: Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state in the United States to officially celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.
- 1938: in the United States, Action Comics magazine introduces Superman.
- 1942: in Amsterdam (Netherlands), the Jewish girl Anne Frank begins writing her diary. She will be murdered by the Nazis two years later.
- 1962: in Paris (France), the European Space Research Organization is established, which will later become the European Space Agency.
- 1985: five member countries of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement, which establishes a free movement zone without border controls.
- 1993: in Vienna (Austria), the World Conference on Human Rights is inaugurated.
- 2018: in Russia, the 2018 FIFA World Cup begins.
Births: June 14th Anniversaries
- 1894: Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg, aristocrat, “Grand Duchess of Luxembourg”.
- 1928: Che Guevara, Argentine-born Cuban guerrilla, philosopher, physician, and politician.
- 1931: Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian.
- 1946: Donald Trump, American real estate investor and politician, President of the United States between 2017 and 2021 and since 2025.
- 1955: Tito Rojas, was a great Puerto Rican salsa singer.
- 1973: Coti, Argentine singer and songwriter.
- 1977: Francesca Guillén, Mexican actress.
- 1989: Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter.
- 1997: Andrea La Torre, Italian basketball player.
Deaths: Anniversaries of June 14
- 847: Methodius I, Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1864: Pedro Santana, Dominican military officer and politician, President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1920: Max Weber, German sociologist and economist.
- 1927: Jerome K. Jerome, British-English writer, author of Three Men in a Boat.
- 1939: Ercilia Pepín, first Dominican female teacher and intellectual.
- 1944: Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright, one of the Álvarez Quintero brothers.
- 1968: Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist, poet, and journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature winner in 1959.
- 1986: Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short story writer, essayist, poet, and translator.
- 1990: John Jairo Arias, chief of hitmen for drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.
- 2015: Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
- 2016: Ann Morgan Guilbert, American film and television actress and singer.
- 2024: Nancy MacKenzie, Peruvian voice actress; first voice of Marge Simpson in the series The Simpsons in Latin America.
