📰 TODAY IN HISTORY
📆 June 14
📜 EVENTS:
🏛️ • 1775 — The Continental Congress creates the Continental Army, marking the birth of the current United States Army. 🇺🇸
⚔️ • 1800 — Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the decisive Battle of Marengo, regaining French control over northern Italy. 🇫🇷
💻 • 1822 — Charles Babbage presents the design of the Difference Engine, considered one of the precursors of modern computers.
🇧🇷 • 1909 — Brazilian President Afonso Pena dies, and Vice President Nilo Peçanha assumes the Presidency of the Republic.
🕯️ • 1940 — The first 728 Polish political prisoners arrive at Auschwitz, marking the start of the Nazi concentration camp operations.
🏝️ • 1982 — Argentine forces in Port Stanley surrender to the British, ending the Falklands War.
🤝 • 1985 — The Schengen Agreement is signed, which would later create a large free movement zone in Europe. 🇪🇺
⭐ BIRTHS:
👑 • 1529 — Ferdinand II of Austria, Austrian archduke and important figure of the House of Habsburg († 1595).
📚 • 1811 — Harriet Beecher Stowe, American writer and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin († 1896).
🩸 • 1868 — Karl Landsteiner, Austrian doctor who discovered the ABO blood groups and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine († 1943).
✊ • 1928 — Che Guevara, Argentine doctor, guerrilla fighter, and revolutionary († 1967).
🇺🇸 • 1946 — Donald Trump, American businessman and politician, 45th and 47th President of the United States.
🎭 • 1977 — Camila Pitanga, Brazilian actress.
🎤 • 1989 — Lucy Hale, American actress and singer.
🕊️ DEATHS:
🙏 • 1895 — Nhá Chica, Brazilian nun venerated for her devotion and charitable works (born 1808).
🇧🇷 • 1909 — Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (born 1847).
📖 • 1920 — Max Weber, German sociologist, historian, and economist, one of the founders of modern sociology (born 1864).
🎬 • 1972 — Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress and symbol of women’s emancipation in the country (born 1945).
📚 • 1986 — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, one of the greatest names in 20th-century literature (born 1886).
🎶 • 2008 — Jamelão, Brazilian singer and historic performer of Estação Primeira de Mangueira (born 1913).
⚽ • 2015 — Zito, former Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup champion with the Brazilian National Team (born 1932).
📍 HOLIDAYS AND CYCLIC EVENTS:
🩸 • World Blood Donor Day
🚩 • Flag Day in the United States of America
✨ • Universal Day of GOD
🎻 • Soloist Day
🙏 • Nhá Chica Day — Holiday in the municipalities of Baependi and São João del-Rei (MG)
💡 "Knowing history is understanding the present and building a better future."
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