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June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands (1982)

Grenfell Tower ablaze

• 1381 – During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels
stormed the Tower of London, killing the Lord
Chancellor and the Lord High Treasurer.
• 1821 – The Funj Sultanate, in present-day Sudan,
was conquered by Egypt without a fight.
• 1900 – The second of the German Naval Laws was
passed, doubling the size of the Imperial German
Navy.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to
Lithuania, demanding that the Red Army be allowed to
enter the country and form a pro-Soviet government.
• 2017 – A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower
(pictured) in North Kensington, London, killing 72
people and destroying 151 homes.
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Today's featured picture

Christ Church Cathedral, located in
Stanley, Falkland Islands, is the
southernmost Anglican cathedral in
the world. Designed by Sir Arthur
Blomfi eld and consecrated in 1892,
special services are held at the
cathedral throughout the year,
including one to commemorate
Liberation Day on 14 June, marking
the end of the Falklands War in 1982.
A monument comprising an arch
made of the jaw bones of two blue
whales, erected in 1933 to obs