📰 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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