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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1381" title="1381">1381</a> – During the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt" title="Peasants' Revolt">Peasants' Revolt</a></b> in England, rebels stormed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>, killing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Sudbury" title="Simon Sudbury">Simon Sudbury</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hales" title="Robert Hales">Robert Hales</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_High_Treasurer" title="Lord High Treasurer">Lord High Treasurer</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1646" title="1646">1646</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659)" title="Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)">Franco-Spanish War</a>: French and Spanish fleets fought the inconclusive <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orbetello" title="Battle of Orbetello">Battle of Orbetello</a></b>, with sailing vessels of both sides having to be towed into action by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a> due to light winds.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a> – Settlers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma</a> began rebelling against Mexico, later proclaiming the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic" title="California Republic">California Republic</a></b> and  raising <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_California#Original_Bear_Flag" title="Flag of California">a homemade flag with a bear and a star</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – The Soviet Union issued <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_ultimatum_to_Lithuania" title="Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania">an ultimatum to Lithuania</a></b> demanding that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> be allowed to enter the country and form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">a pro-Soviet government</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_II_(monkey)" title="Albert II (monkey)">Albert II</a> became the first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space" title="Monkeys and apes in space">monkey in space</a></b>, reaching an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket" title="V-2 rocket"><span class="nowrap">V-2</span> rocket</a>.</li></ul>
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