Once Upon A Time – June 14 – 1821 – Badi VII, king Of Sennar, Surrenders Throne, Ending 300-Year-Old Sudanese kingdom

1381 Richard II in England meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.

1645 Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I

1821 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end

1940 Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp opens in Nazi controlled Poland with Polish POWs, later expanded to include civilian Jews and gypsies (approx. 3 million would die within its walls)

1941 Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia

1982 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
2002 “The Bourne Identity” directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon is released in the US

Today in Music
1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)

Today in Sport
1966 Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball

1777 US Continental Congress adopts the Stars & Stripes flag, designed by Francis Hopkinson, replacing the Grand Union flag

2016 First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced – the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait