Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 14
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June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Flag Day in the United States
- 1777 – The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.
- 1807 – In the last major battle in the War of the Fourth Coalition, the French decisively defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland near present-day Pravdinsk, Russia.
- 1822 – Charles Babbage (pictured) proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
- 1846 – Settlers in the Town of Sonoma began a rebellion against Mexico, proclaiming the California Republic.
- 1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to the British, ending the Falklands War.
- 1985 – A group with alleged links to Hezbollah hijacked TWA Flight 847 shortly after take-off from Athens.