A birthday on the globe
14 June on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 14 June, the English Wikipedia lists 65 events and 181 births. 37 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; six more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The Earth on 14 June
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in June 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 14 June the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 23.3° north. In London, the day lasts about 16 hours 35 minutes.
Beyond 67° north the Sun no longer sets; beyond 67° south it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Britain & Ireland · Henley Royal Regatta
1839
Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
On the map: Henley Royal Regatta.
Europe · Munich
1158
The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
On the map: Munich.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.
Europe · Amsterdam
1618
Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
On the map: Amsterdam.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.
Europe · Schengen Agreement
1985
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
On the map: the coordinates Wikidata gives for the article “Schengen Agreement”.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
North America · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
On the map: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Chinese.
North America · United States Census Bureau
1951
UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
On the map: United States Census Bureau.
North America · Disneyland Monorail
1959
Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
On the map: Disneyland Monorail.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.
14 June
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and Spanish and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Romanian · Sibiu
2005
The mountain rescuer Teodor Tulpan from Sibiu, the second Romanian to reach the summit of Everest, begins an expedition to the highest peak in Peru, Huascarán.
On the map: Sibiu.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Romanian.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Rostec Arena
2018
The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins in Russia.
On the map: Rostec Arena.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
The article on Wikipedia in Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018
14 June
Born on 14 June#
The English Wikipedia lists 181 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 14 June
1811
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (died 1896)
Place of birth: Litchfield.
Born on 14 June
1736
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (died 1806)
Place of birth: Angoulême.
Born on 14 June
1868
Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
Place of birth: Baden.
Born on 14 June
1864
Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (died 1915)
Place of birth: Marktbreit.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1961
Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer
Born in Britain and Ireland
1726
Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (died 1798)
Place of birth: Downing.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1991
Jesy Nelson, English singer
Place of birth: Romford.
14 June
Number one in the charts that week
At the cinema
An animal recorded that day
The record can be seen in GBIF, which brings together wildlife records from around the world.
All your birthdays
The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
The earthquake’s page at the USGS
Source: the USGS catalogue. The day is counted in Universal Time (UTC).
In those days
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Below: 14 June through the years.
The whole globe of the day
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 14 June
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 22 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 1158
The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
Europe · MunichWikipedia: Munich - 1216
First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon conquers over half of the kingdom.
Britain & Ireland · WinchesterWikipedia: First Barons' War - 1276
While in exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
Asia · FuzhouWikipedia: Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty - 1285
Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Mongol invasions of Vietnam - 1287
Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
Asia · MongoliaWikipedia: Kublai Khan - 1381
Richard II of England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
Britain & Ireland · Mile EndWikipedia: Peasants' Revolt - 1404
Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Owain Glyndŵr - 1618
Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
Europe · AmsterdamWikipedia: Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. - 1644
First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian relief force.
Britain & Ireland · Siege of Lyme RegisWikipedia: Siege of Lyme Regis - 1645
English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by fifteen thousand Parliamentarian soldiers.
Britain & Ireland · Battle of NasebyWikipedia: Battle of Naseby - 1646
Franco-Spanish War: French and Spanish fleets fought the inconclusive Battle of Orbetello, with sailing vessels of both sides having to be towed into action by galleys due to light winds.
Europe · Battle of OrbetelloWikipedia: Franco-Spanish War - 1658
Franco-Spanish War: Turenne and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the battle of the Dunes.
Europe · Battle of the DunesWikipedia: Battle of the Dunes - 1666
A four day long naval engagement between the Dutch and English fleet ends, with the English suffering heavier losses.
Europe · Four Days' BattleWikipedia: Four Days' Battle - 1690
King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
no place on the mapWikipedia: William III of England - 1740
War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.
North America · Battle of Bloody MoseWikipedia: Battle of Bloody Mose - 1775
American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Armed Forces.
no place on the mapWikipedia: American Revolutionary War - 1777
The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Second Continental Congress - 1789
Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
Oceans · Mutiny on the BountyWikipedia: Mutiny on the Bounty - 1800
The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
Europe · Battle of MarengoWikipedia: Battle of Marengo - 1807
Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
Europe · Battle of FriedlandWikipedia: Battle of Friedland - 1821
Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
Africa · Funj SultanateWikipedia: Badi VII - 1822
Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Charles Babbage - 1830
Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
Africa · Invasion of AlgiersWikipedia: Invasion of Algiers - 1839
Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
Britain & Ireland · Henley Royal RegattaWikipedia: Henley Royal Regatta - 1846
Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
North America · Sonoma, CaliforniaWikipedia: California Republic - 1863
American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
North America · Second Battle of WinchesterWikipedia: American Civil War - 1863
Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
North America · Siege of Port HudsonWikipedia: Siege of Port Hudson - 1872
Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Trade union - 1888
The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
Asia · Raj of SarawakWikipedia: White Rajah - 1900
Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
North America · Territory of HawaiiWikipedia: Territory of Hawaii - 1900
The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
no place on the mapWikipedia: German Naval Laws - 1907
The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
no place on the mapWikipedia: National Association for Women's Suffrage - 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
North America · St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorWikipedia: Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown - 1926
Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
Latin America · BrazilWikipedia: Brazil - 1931
A deadly tornado strikes Birmingham, England, damaging 2,221 homes and businesses.
Britain & Ireland · BirminghamWikipedia: 1931 Birmingham tornado - 1934
The landmark Australian Eastern Mission returns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Australian Eastern Mission - 1937
Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
North America · PennsylvaniaWikipedia: Pennsylvania - 1937
U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 - 1940
Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Europe · TarnówWikipedia: Tarnów - 1940
The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania, resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania - 1940
World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
no place on the mapWikipedia: World War II - 1941
June deportation: The first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians from the occupied Baltic states begins.
no place on the mapWikipedia: June deportation - 1944
World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
Europe · Operation PerchWikipedia: Operation Perch - 1945
World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
Asia · Ilocos SurWikipedia: Battle of Bessang Pass - 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Albert II - 1950
An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 1950 Bahrain Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes - 1951
UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
North America · United States Census BureauWikipedia: UNIVAC I - 1954
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Dwight D. Eisenhower - 1955
Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Latin America · ChileWikipedia: Buenos Aires Convention - 1959
Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
North America · Disneyland MonorailWikipedia: Disneyland Monorail - 1962
The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
no place on the mapWikipedia: European Space Research Organisation - 1966
The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Roman Curia - 1967
Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Mariner program - 1972
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
Asia · Indira Gandhi International AirportWikipedia: Japan Air Lines Flight 471 - 1982
Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces ending the war.
Latin America · Falklands WarWikipedia: Falklands War - 1985
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
Europe · Schengen AgreementWikipedia: Schengen Agreement - 1986
The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.
North America · MindbenderWikipedia: Galaxyland - 1992
Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses".
Europe · Disappearance of Helena AnderssonWikipedia: Disappearance of Helena Andersson - 1994
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
North America · 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotWikipedia: 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot - 1996
After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.
North America · Jordan, MontanaWikipedia: Foreclosure - 2002
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Near-Earth object - 2014
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown - 2017
Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
North America · Congressional baseball shootingWikipedia: Congressional baseball shooting - 2017
The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
Britain & Ireland · Grenfell Tower fireWikipedia: Grenfell Tower fire - 2026
Two helicopters collide mid-air in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people on board, including American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, director and screenwriter Lucas A. Vignale, and Brazilian music producer Lucas Frota.
Latin America · 2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionWikipedia: 2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and Spanish and were translated for this page.
- 2005
The mountain rescuer Teodor Tulpan from Sibiu, the second Romanian to reach the summit of Everest, begins an expedition to the highest peak in Peru, Huascarán.
- 2018
The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins in Russia.
Europe · Rostec ArenaTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in SpanishWikipedia: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018
Who was born on 14 June
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 181 are shown.
- 1946
Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterWikipedia: Donald Trump - 1811
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (died 1896)
LitchfieldWikipedia: Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1736
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (died 1806)
- 1969
Steffi Graf, German tennis player
MannheimWikipedia: Steffi Graf - 1868
Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
- 1864
Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (died 1915)
MarktbreitWikipedia: Alois Alzheimer - 1989
Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter
MemphisWikipedia: Lucy Hale - 1924
James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
UddingstonWikipedia: James Black - 1856
Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1922)
RyazanWikipedia: Andrey Markov - 1903
Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (died 1995)
Washington, D.C.Wikipedia: Alonzo Church - 1982
Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
ShenyangWikipedia: Lang Lang - 1909
Burl Ives, American actor and singer (died 1995)
Hunt CityWikipedia: Burl Ives - 1961
Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1798
František Palacký, Czech historian and politician (died 1876)
HodslaviceWikipedia: František Palacký - 1838
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
- 1907
René Char, French poet and author (died 1988)
L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueWikipedia: René Char - 1917
Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (died 2007)
LangesundWikipedia: Atle Selberg - 1976
Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager
PescaraWikipedia: Massimo Oddo - 1992
Daryl Sabara, American actor
TorranceWikipedia: Daryl Sabara - 1999
Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer
Eastern DistrictWikipedia: Tzuyu - 1933
Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (died 1991)
- 1894
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (died 1924)
- 1981
Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager
IracemápolisWikipedia: Elano - 1870
Sophia of Prussia (died 1932)
New PalaceWikipedia: Sophia of Prussia - 1983
Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter
13th arrondissement of ParisWikipedia: Louis Garrel - 1894
José Carlos Mariátegui (died 1930)
- 1916
Dorothy McGuire, American actress (died 2001)
- 1950
Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian
SwanseaWikipedia: Rowan Williams - 1991
Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
Naxos IslandWikipedia: Kostas Manolas - 1954
Will Patton, American actor
CharlestonWikipedia: Will Patton - 1955
Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film and television actress, TV talk show host and politician
BengaluruWikipedia: Kirron Kher - 1904
Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (died 1971)
The BronxWikipedia: Margaret Bourke-White - 1978
Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
LemontWikipedia: Diablo Cody - 1939
Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
New York CityWikipedia: Steny Hoyer - 1968
Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter
Santiago de CubaWikipedia: Faizon Love - 1988
Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality
- 1529
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (died 1595)
- 1726
Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (died 1798)
DowningWikipedia: Thomas Pennant - 1855
Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (died 1925)
PrimroseWikipedia: Robert M. La Follette - 1987
Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer
CréteilWikipedia: Mohamed Diamé - 1949
Papa Wemba, Congolese singer, known as the "King of Rumba Rock" (died 2016)
LubefuWikipedia: Papa Wemba - 1923
Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator (died 2019)
BerlinWikipedia: Judith Kerr - 1949
Harry Turtledove, American historian and author
Los AngelesWikipedia: Harry Turtledove - 1959
Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer
BrooklynWikipedia: Marcus Miller - 1972
Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and engineer, founded KDE
Bietigheim-BissingenWikipedia: Matthias Ettrich - 1730
Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer and educator (died 1786)
FlorenceWikipedia: Antonio Sacchini - 1991
Jesy Nelson, English singer
RomfordWikipedia: Jesy Nelson - 2000
Naomi Girma, American soccer player
San JoseWikipedia: Naomi Girma - 1919
Gene Barry, American actor (died 2009)
New York CityWikipedia: Gene Barry - 1993
Gunna, American rapper
College ParkWikipedia: Gunna - 1444
Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (died 1544)
- 1931
Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian
John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook CountyWikipedia: Marla Gibbs - 1949
Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
FerryhillWikipedia: Alan White - 1910
Rudolf Kempe, German pianist and conductor (died 1976)
DresdenWikipedia: Rudolf Kempe - 1971
Bruce Bowen, American basketball player and sportscaster
MercedWikipedia: Bruce Bowen - 1763
Simon Mayr, German composer and educator (died 1845)
MendorfWikipedia: Simon Mayr - 2000
RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player
TorontoWikipedia: RJ Barrett - 1780
Henry Salt, English historian and diplomat, British Consul-General in Egypt (died 1827)
LichfieldWikipedia: Henry Salt - 1917
Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2023)
RoskildeWikipedia: Lise Nørgaard - 1919
Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (died 1993)
ChicagoWikipedia: Sam Wanamaker
What is celebrated on 14 June
- Christian feast day: Burchard of Meissen
- Christian feast day: Caomhán of Inisheer
- Christian feast day: Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
- Christian feast day: Methodios I of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Richard Baxter (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Valerius and Rufinus
- Christian feast day: June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Baltic Freedom Day (United States)
- Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)
- Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
- Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
- Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
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How the globe is made
Where the events come from
Each edition of this page uses the day’s list from Wikipedia in its own language: Romanian, English, Spanish, Chinese. The lists are written by volunteers and differ from one edition to the next; the text of each event is Wikipedia’s, with a link to the article. A row that appears twice in a list is shown once. The lists have not been checked event by event: they are Wikipedia’s, mistakes included.
For events before 1582, and for countries that moved to the Gregorian calendar later (Britain in 1752, Russia in 1918), the same day may be counted Old Style in one list and New Style in another.
The chapter “What the other Wikipedias remember” adds up to five events a day from the lists of the other three editions, only for years in which the English list has nothing on that day. They were translated for this page, passed the same filters as the tour, and are not counted among the events of the English list.
How an event gets onto the map
The place comes from Wikidata. If the sentence links to the article about the event itself (a battle, an opening, an earthquake), dated to the same year, the ray stands on its coordinates or on those of its location. Otherwise it stands on the first place the sentence links to: a town, a building, a mountain, an island. This second step can be wrong: sometimes the sentence only mentions the place. That is why the page says, under each event, which place the ray stands on.
When the sentence links to a single state or province, or to a single sea, lake or desert larger than 5,000 km², the globe shows a dashed circle, not a ray. The circle has the area Wikidata gives, with its radius kept between 1.2° and 16°, or a radius of 4.5° when Wikidata gives no area; it says only that the sentence links to that place. Organisations, ships, spacecraft, museum objects, rivers, mountain ranges, languages and continents are never used as places. When a sentence names several states and no exact place, the event stays in the list only.
What the height means
The height of a ray shows how many years have passed, on a logarithmic scale: 10 years, 100 years and 1,000 years are equal steps apart; anything older than about 2,600 years has the tallest ray. The colour runs from pale yellow for recent years to violet for antiquity.
Where the tour stops
In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.
The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.
The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.