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