Daily Almanac: June 14, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:16 a.m.
SET: 9:19 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 78 °F
LOW: 60 °F

Today is…:

• Army’s Birthday
• Flag Day
• National Bourbon Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 2002 A large asteroid just misses the Earth. 2002 MN, a 73-meter lump, was three times closer to Earth than the Moon. It was first discovered three days after its closest approach.
• 1982 The Falklands War ends. After 74 days of fighting, British troops captured the capital, Stanley, prompting the Argentine forces to surrender and return the islands to British control.
• 1940 German troops occupy Paris. The fall of Paris marked the end of Germany’s attacks on the western front. In the Armistice of Compiègne, three-fifths of France was declared occupied.

Births On This Day:

• 1961 Boy George

English singer-songwriter, producer

• 1928 Che Guevara

Argentine/Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, theorist

Deaths On This Day:

• 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst

British political activist, suffragette
• 1920 Max Weber

German economist, sociologist