June 14
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- 1381 - King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants' Revolt.
- 1648 - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
- 1822 - Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."
- 1905 - Battleship Potemkin uprising: Sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war. (See also Eisenstein's classic film on the subject, The Battleship Potemkin).
Births
- 1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1999)
- 1983 - Louis Garrel, French actor
Deaths
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Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ...
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Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 - June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered to be one of the foremost writers of the 20th century. ...
Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern, ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an English writer of the early 20th century. Chesterton was known as the "prince of paradox" ...