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▪ In basketball, the Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat to win the NBA
Finals (MVP Nikola Jokić pictured).
▪ In cricket, Australia defeat India to win the World Test Championship
Final.
▪ In association football, Manchester City defeat Inter Milan to win the
UEFA Champions League final.
▪ Former US president Donald Trump is indicted after a special counsel
investigation charges him with mishandling classified documents.
▪ Wildfires in Canada cause evacuations and hazardous air conditions Nikola Jokić
across parts of North America.
Ongoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine · Sudan conflict
Recent deaths: John McCoy · William Spriggs · Elspeth Campbell · Ted Kaczynski · George
Winston · James G. Watt

On this day

June 14

▪ 1381 – During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels stormed the

Tower of London, killing Simon Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, and Robert
Hales, Lord High Treasurer (both pictured).
▪ 1646 – Franco-Spanish War: French and Spanish fleets fought the
inconclusive Battle of Orbetello, with sailing vessels of both sides
having to be towed into action by galleys due to light winds.
▪ 1846 – Settlers in Sonoma began rebelling against Mexico, later
proclaiming the California Republic and raising a homemade flag with
a bear and a star.
▪ 1940 – The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania
Killing of Sudbury and
demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form
Hales
a pro-Soviet government.
▪ 1949 – Albert II became the first monkey in space, reaching an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) in
a V-2 rocket.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. 1811) · Anna B. Eckstein (b. 1868) · Jang Jin-young (b. 1972) ·
Burhanuddin Harahap (d. 1987)
More anniversaries: June 13 · June 14 · June 15

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