Today in History<p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_14" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">June 14</a></strong></p><p><strong>This day in history</strong>:</p><ul><li><em>1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.</em></li><li><em>1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.</em></li><li><em>1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space.</em></li><li><em>1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.</em></li></ul><p><strong>Births:</strong></p><ul><li><em>1913 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (d. 1996)</em></li><li><em>1879 – Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach (d. 1955)</em></li><li><em>1967 – Paul Martin, Australian rugby league player</em></li></ul><p><strong>Deaths:</strong></p><ul><li><em>1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (b. 1741)</em></li><li><em>2022 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (b. 1936)</em></li><li><em>957 – Guadamir, bishop of Vic (Spain)</em></li></ul><p><strong>Holidays:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)</em></li><li><em>Flag Day (United States)</em></li><li><em>Freedom Day (Malawi)</em></li></ul><p><strong>Random Article of the day:</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season</a></strong></p><blockquote></blockquote>