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1903 : Flooding in Oregon


On June 14, 1903, torrential rains fall on the Blue Mountains and cause flash flooding until the town of Heppner, Oregon. 324 people were killed and a third of the city was destroyed. Heppner is built in a floodplain, as 10%% of U.S. cities.
Today, dams, floodways and levees were built for flood protection of these areas but they are neither always sufficient nor always well maintained.

1940 : Germans enter Paris


On 14 June 1940, the Germans entered Paris. Loudspeakers announced the introduction of a curfew and a huge flag with a swastika was installed beneath the Arc de Triomphe. 2 million Parisians fled the city and for others began the occupation with its restrictions and arrests.

1982 : Falklands War ends


On June 14, 1982, Argentines surrendered to the British after six weeks of war, ending the Falklands War. The war began on April 2, 1982 when Argentine forces had attacked and started to occupy the Falklands Islands, British-owned but located close to the Argentine territory and subject to a sovereignty dispute between the two countries since many years.

1985 : TWA Flight hijacked


On 14 June 1985, TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome was hijacked to Beirut by Shiite Hezbollah Lebanese . As there were no people with an Israeli passport on the flight, the terrorists sought the Jewish people but they were protected by the aircrew. They then killed a U.S. Navy diver and took five hostages who were freed two weeks later.

1985 : Signing of the Schengen Convention


On June 14, 1985, the Schengen Convention establishing open borders and an area of free movement between member states was signed in Luxembourg between the Benelux, Germany and France. The Schengen area will be expanded to all European countries wishing it by the Treaty of Amsterdam on October 2, 1997. Almost all countries of the European Union and EFTA (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland) are part of this area of ​​free movement of persons, except the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Novità del giorno : 14 Giugno

World Blood Donor Day
June 14 is World Blood Donor Day June 14 was chosen because it is the date of the anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, creator of the definitions of blood groups and Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
During the day, there are highlights on the need for safe blood transfusions.

Citazione del giorno : 14 Giugno

Che Guevara
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

Compleanni : 14 Giugno

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Scrittore americano e abolizionista, autore della capanna dello zio Tom (1811)
Andrey Markov, Matematico russo (1856)
Karl Landsteiner, Biologo americano, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1868)
Yasunari Kawabata, Scrittore giapponese, premio Nobel (1899)
Margaret Bourke-White, Fotografo e fotoreporter americana (1904)
Burl Ives, Attore e musicista americano (1909)
Dorothy McGuire, Attrice americana (1916)
Sam Wanamaker, Attore e registra americano (1919)
Ernesto Che Guevara, Rivoluzionario argentino, scrittore, diplomatico, figura di spicco della Rivoluzione cubana (1928)
Donald Trump, Uomo d'affari americano (1946)
Paul O'Grady, Comico inglese e presentatore TV (1955)
Eric Heiden, Pattinatore di velocità americano (1958)
Boy George, Cantante inglese (1961)
Yasmine Bleeth, Attrice americana (1968)
Steffi Graf, Tennista tedesca (1969)
Jackson Richardson, Giocatore di pallamano francese (1969)
Ramon Vega, Calciatore svizzero (1971)
Lang Lang, Pianista cinese (1982)
Kostas Manolas, Calciatore greco (1991)

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Jean Baptiste Kléber, Generale francese (1800)
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Architetto francese americano (1825)
G. K. Chesterton, Scrittore inglese (1936)
Salvatore Quasimodo, Scrittore italiano, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1968)
Henry Mancini, Compositore americano (1994)
Marcel Mouloudji, Cantante francese (1994)
Jean Roba, Creatore di fumetti belga (Boule et Bill) (2006)
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