Today In History: June 14

[Seneca]

June 14, 2005


Today in history


On this date:

• In 1775, the United States Army was founded.

• In 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

• In 1841, the first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston.

• In 1846, a group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.

• In 1928, the Republican National Convention nominated Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot.

• In 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War II.

• In 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz.

• In 1943, the Supreme Court ruled schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so conflicted with their religious beliefs.

• In 1954, President Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.

• In 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands.

• In 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 began as a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seized the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece.

[Roland99]

1. And the following people were born:

Tennis player Steffi Graf born 1969
Actress Yasmine Bleeth born 1968
Musician Boy George born 1961
Real estate mogul Donald Trump born 1946
Actress Marla Gibbs born 1931

[kodi]

2. it is also Flag Day

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[Seneca]

3. Hence bullet point #2

:-) 228 years ago today.

[Mizmoon]

4. If you said that to me in person I might break out into song

This is my favorite of the patriotic songs:

You're a grand old flag
You're a high flying flag
and forever in peace may she wave

You're the emblem of
that land I love
the home of the free and the brave

Every heart beats true
for the red, white and blue
and there's never a boast or brag

But should old acquaintance be forgot
keep you're eye on the grand old flag!