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History on the 14th of June

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14 Jun 1715 RELIGIOUS Robert Norden became licensed pastor of the Baptist congregation in Prince George County -- the first Baptist church organized within the American colony of Virginia.
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14 Jun 1911 WW2 The keel of Feihong was laid down by New York Shipbuilding in the United States. 
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14 Jun 1911 WW2 Henry Arnold was assigned to the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps based in College Park, Maryland, United States. 
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14 Jun 1918 WW2 The keel of submarine S-35 was laid down at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation yard in San Francisco, California, United States. 
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14 Jun 1919 WW2 Joseph Rochefort was promoted to the rank of temporary ensign as he completed the Navy Steam-Engineering Training School hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. 
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14 Jun 1926 WW2 Brazil left the League of Nations. 
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14 Jun 1936 WW2 A contract for 'New Construction G' was issued by the German Navy to the Kriegsmarine Werft in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. 
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14 Jun 1937 WW2 USS S-31 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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14 Jun 1938 WW2 Germany enacted laws requiring Jews to register their businesses. 
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14 Jun 1938 WW2 HMS Cossack (L03) was commissioned into service with Captain D. De Pass in command. 
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14 Jun 1938 WW2 Spanish Nationalist forces captured Castellon de la Plana, Spain, 40 miles north of Valencia. Spanish Republican resistance was, however, increasing and the Nationalists brought the offensive to a halt in order to allow time for their troops to rest and re-equip before the attack on Valencia. 
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14 Jun 1939 WW2 The United Kingdom dispatched a relatively low-level diplomat to engage in talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov instead of sending Lord Halifax. Molotov took this as a sign that Britain was not seriously interested in forming friendly relations with the Soviet Union. 
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14 Jun 1939 WW2 Japanese blockaded the British concession in Tianjin, China. 
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14 Jun 1939 WW2 The German elite infantry regiment Grossdeutschland was created. The 1st Battalion was made up from elements from the Wach Regiment (the Berlin ceremonial Guard Regiment) and consisted of three rifle companies, a machine gun company and a heavy weapons company. The 2nd Battalion was formed from men from the 92nd Infantry Regiment (with the same organisation as the 1st Battalion). The 3rd and 4th Battalions were formed from men from the Infantry Instruction Regiment (the 3rd with a similar organisation as the 1st, the 4th comprised a light infantry gun company, an anti-tank company and a heavy infantry gun company). In Jul 1940 a fifth Battalion was added to the establishment made up of a motor cycle company, and one company each of pioneers, signals and anti-aircraft. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 At dawn, 4 French cruisers and 11 destroyers shelled oil storage tanks at the port of Genoa, Italy. French destroyer Albatros was hit by Italian coastal artillery, killing 12, but she was able to return. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 German submarine U-47 sank British ship Balmoralwood southwest of Ireland; the crew of 41 would later be rescued. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 German submarine U-101 stopped Greek ship Antonis Georgandis 300 miles west of Cape Finisterre, Spain with two warning shots from the submarine's 20mm deck gun. After the crew abandoned the ship, U-101 sank her with the deck gun. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 German submarine U-38 sank Greek ship Mount Myrto southwest of Ireland, killing 4. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 US President Roosevelt signed the Naval Expansion Act, which increased the carrier, cruiser, and submarine tonnage of the US Navy by 167,000 tons, increased auxiliary shipping by 75,000 tons, and increased the number of authorized naval aircraft to 4,500 planes. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 Destroyer USS O'Brien departed Bahia, Brazil. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 British Fleet Air Arm Swordfish aircraft from "a training squadron" (later to become No. 830 Squadron on Malta) made the first air attack on Italy, hitting Genoa with French bombs. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 The Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania, forcing it to allow the establishment of a new Soviet government. Meanwhile, Soviet aircraft and warships blockaded the Estonian coast, shooting down a Finnish passenger aircraft (killing 9, including American and French diplomats) shortly after takeoff at Tallinn to show that the threat was not empty. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 In France, German troops captured the open city of Paris, France without any opposition. To the north, the coastal city of Le Havre fell under German control. To the east, the German 1st Army under General Erwin von Witzleben broke through the Maginot Line near Saarbrücken. The French government moved from Tours to Bordeaux and appealed for the United States to enter the war. Also on this date, all remaining British troops in France were ordered to return. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 Cruiser Dupleix, as a part of the French 3rd Squadron (4 heavy cruisers and 11 destroyers in total), bombarded Genoa, Italy, damaing oil storage tanks and military facilities. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 Foch bombarded Vado, Italy. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 Colbert bombarded Genoa, Italy as a part of Operation Samoyède. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 The giant French Farman F.220 bomber "Jules Verne" attacked Italian oil storage tanks at Porto Marghera, Venice, Italy. Eight bombs were dropped and at least one oil tank was seen to be set on fire. 
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14 Jun 1940 WW2 A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first prisoners of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. 
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14 Jun 1940 RELIGIOUS Auschwitz, largest of the Nazi concentration camps, was first opened near Krakow, Poland. Before its liberation by the Allies in 1945, over 3 million Jews would be exterminated there.
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 British destroyers HMS Jervis and HMS Griffin bombardeded Sidon, French Mandate of Syria and the Lebanon. Two French destroyers based in Beirut counterattacked at 1620 hours, but was chased off by New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander and British destroyers; 8 German Ju 88 aircraft also attempted to attack, but were driven off by P-40 Tomahawk fighters of No. 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force based in the British Mandate of Palestine, shooting down 3 Ju 88 aircraft. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 The British RAF began daylight fighter sweeps across northern France. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 Croatia became the newest member of the Tripartite Pact. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 Adolf Hitler met with his High Command regarding Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, including a planned start date; the "Lucy" spy ring in Germany promptly passed along this information. Meanwhile, in Moscow, Russia, Vyacheslav Molotov informed Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg that the Soviet Union was to publish, on the next day, that the rumors of a German attack on the Soviet Union were all fabricated by the British. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 Assets of German and Italian nationals in the United States were frozen. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 The June Deportation, which was the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, began. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 British tanks gathered on the Egyptian-Libyan border to prepare for a major offensive; Germans reinforced the front lines and strengthened the siege on Tobruk, Libya as they detected the British movement. After sundown, German artillery bombarded Tobruk. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-751 sank British ship St. Lindsay 700 miles west of Ireland at 0346 hours, killing all 44 aboard. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 British submarine HMS Clyde sank Italian ship Giovanni Bottigliere south of Sardinia, Italy. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 Molotov was commissioned into service. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 German Luftwaffe ace Oberfeldwebel Robert Menge was shot down and killed near Marquise, France by Squadron Leader James E. Rankin of No. 92 Squadron RAF. At the time of his death Menge had 18 kills to his credit. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 British aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Victorious, escorted by cruiser HMS Renown and 7 destroyers, set sail from Gibraltar for Operation Tracer and launched 47 Hurricane fighters for Malta; 43 of them would reach their destination safely. 
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14 Jun 1941 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille suffered damage in the engine of his fighter and was forced to crash land in friendly territory in Libya. He returned to based, took off in another fighter, and later was shot down once again, and again was able to crash land and escape unharmed. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 British Air Marshal Harris was knighted in honor of his success with 1,000-plane raids. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 The first echelon of 5th Regiment of the US 1st Marine Division arrived at Wellington, New Zealand. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 British General Auchinleck authorized the abandonment of the Gazala Line in Libya. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Roma was commissioned into service. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Soviet submarine M-95 departed Moshchny Island, Russia (Lavansaari Island, Finland). 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 German Admiral Otto Schniewind issued the order to commence Operation Rösselsprung ("Knight's Move"); in turn German warships Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, Lützow, and 12 destroyers departed from their home ports toward the Barents Sea. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 USS S-35 approached Kiska, US Territory of Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 German submarine U-172 sank US ship Lebore in the Caribbean Sea at 0854 hours; 1 was killed, 94 survived. At 1912 hours, U-504 sank Latvian ship Regent 200 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands; 11 were killed, 14 survived. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Repair ship Akashi provided repair work for cruiser Mogami at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 In response to the British Commando raid at Heraklion, Crete, Greece on the previous day which saw the destruction of 20 Ju 88 bombers, 50 civilians of Heraklion were executed in retaliation. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Yamato arrived at Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay, Japan at 1900 hours from the failed Midway attack. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Mutsu arrived in Japan after the Midway operation. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Light carrier Hosho arrived at Hashirajima, Japan. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 During the day, Italian SM.79 torpedo bombers attacked the Allied Harpoon convoy, sailing for Malta, south of Sardinia, Italy, sinking Dutch transport Tanimbar (5 were killed) and disabling British cruiser Liverpool (15 were killed, 22 were wounded; Liverpool was towed back to Gibraltar by destroyer HMS Antelope). In the evening, most of the warships escorting the Harpoon convoy were ordered back to Gibraltar. From other other side of the Mediterranean Sea, the Allied Vigorous convoy sailed westward for Malta. Dutch freighter Aagtekerk of the Vigorous convoy developed mechanical troubles and was diverted by Tobruk, Libya for repairs with two corvettes in escort; 40 German Ju 87 and Ju 88 aircraft attacked them, sinking Aagtekerk (3 were killed) and damaging corvette HMS Primula. In the late afternoon, German Ju 88 bombers from Crete, Greece attacked the Vigorous convoy, sinking the ship Bhutan (1 was killed) and damaging freighter Potaro. Meanwhile, a powerful Italian fleet including two battleships and four cruisers departed Taranto, Italy in an attempt to intercept the Vigorous convoy. After sundown, German motor torpedo boats from Derna, Libya attacked the Vigorous convoy, with S-55 sinking British destroyer HMS Hasty (13 were killed) and S-56 damaging cruiser HMS Newcastle (forced to return to Alexandria, Egypt for repairs). 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 Italian submarine Torelli, damaged by British aircraft on 7 Jun 1942 and had since been under repair by her own crew on a beach near Santander, Spain, completed the temporary repair and set off for Bordeaux, France. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 The King, Queen, and Princesses of the United Kingdom and the heads of a number of Allied countries attended a United Nations Day ceremony. The flags of 22 states were honoured during a march past Buckingham Palace in London, England, United Kingdom by representatives of the British armed forces, civil defence organisations and war workers. 
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14 Jun 1942 WW2 German saboteur George Dasch defected to the United States with a telephone call to the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
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14 Jun 1943 WW2 USS Tunny attacked a Japanese convoy east of Murilo Island, Marshall Islands. As she moved into position to attack the three transports, the two escorting destroyers detected her and attacked with 4-inch shells. She dove but maintain her course into attack position, firing four torpedoes at a range of 3,100 meters and claiming three hits. 
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14 Jun 1943 WW2 Admiral John Newton relieved Admiral William Halsey as the commanding officer of the South Pacific area. Combined with this personnel change was the transfer of the Solomon Islands region to the Southwest Pacific command. 
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14 Jun 1943 WW2 The RAF's 2nd Tactical Air Force was formed to train close support aircraft squadrons for tactical operations during Operation Overlord. 
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14 Jun 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Bowling Alley turned over to station. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Shokaku arrived at Guimaras. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 American troops captured Carentan, France. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Tunny passed through Balintang Channel, Philippine Islands. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Guimaras, Philippine Islands. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Finnish troops failed a counterattack against the recent Soviet offensive; Soviet troops pursued the withdrawing Finns and breached the Vammelsuu-Taipale defensive line in Finland. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 3 on board. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Allied troops captured Orvieto, Italy. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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14 Jun 1944 WW2 The US submarine Golet became missing; she was believed to be sunk by Japanese naval vessels off Honshu, Japan. 
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14 Jun 1945 WW2 USS Pollack arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States for inactivation. 
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14 Jun 1945 WW2 USS Chub sank a Japanese ship in the Java Sea, hitting her with one of five torpedoes fired. 
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14 Jun 1945 WW2 Otozo Yamada met with his top Kwangtung Army officers in Xinjin (Changchun), China to plan defenses against a potential Soviet invasion. 
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14 Jun 1945 WW2 Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured in Hamburg, Germany. 
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14 Jun 1945 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Sasebo, Japan. 
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14 Jun 1946 WW2 Kyne was decommissioned from service. 
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14 Jun 1946 WW2 Bell was decommissioned from service. 
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14 Jun 1956 RELIGIOUS President Eisenhower signed a congressional resolution which added the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. The last phrase now reads: '...one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
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14 Jun 1966 RELIGIOUS The Vatican announced that its 'Index of Prohibited Books' (created by Pope Paul IV in 1557) had been abolished.
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14 Jun 1984 RELIGIOUS The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution opposing the ordination of women for ministry in the Baptist Church.
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