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A total lunar eclipse took place on June 14, 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1946_lunar_eclipse



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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was formally abolished on 14 June 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum

On 14 June, 1893, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and tsunamis, occurred in the Adriatic Sea, Albania.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15142710/adriatic-sea-fault/

The Battle of Naseby was the decisive battle on 14 June 1645 of the first English Civil War 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby

The M1 "Bazooka" Rocket Launcher, was first issued on June 14, 1942
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka#Rocket_Launcher.2C_M1_.22Bazooka.22



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Happy birthday Munich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich#Origin_as_medieval_town



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A difference engine is an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49589122/difference-engine/

The Münchenstein rail disaster on 14 June 1891 was historically the worst railway accident to affect Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchenstein_rail_disaster

The Roswell UFO Incident was a report of an object that crashed in New Mexico, in June or July 1947
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42224632/roswell-ufo-incident/



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Vostok 5 was launched on the 14 June, 1963.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_5

Mariner 5 was launched toward Venus on June 14, 1967
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36478589/mariner-5-mission/

Luna E-8-5 No.402 was launched on June 14, 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_E-8-5_No.402

Venera 10 was launched on June 14, 1975
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36478569/venera-10-mission/



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Albert II became the first monkey in space in 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space#United_States

British aviators Alcóck and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49589134/transatlantic-flight-of-alcck-and-brown/

On 14 June 1615, On 14 June 1615, Willem Schouten, with two ships, set sail from Texel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthest_South#Willem_Schouten



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Kirill Y. Kondratyev (14 June 1920 - 1 May 2006) was a Russian atmospheric physicist. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Y._Kondratyev

Akitsune Imamura (14 June, 1870 - 1 January, 1948) was a Japanese seismologist. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akitsune_Imamura

Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker, CSI, FRS, (14 June 1868 - 4 November 1958) was a British physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Walker

Knut Emil Lundmark (14 June 1889 - 23 April 1958) was a Swedish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Lundmark

Kelallur Nilakantha Somayaji (1444-1544) was an astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilakantha_Somayaji#Astronomy

Johann Abraham Ihle (June 14, 1627 - c.1699) was a German amateur astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Abraham_Ihle



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Messier 63 was discovered by German astronomer Pierre Méchain on the 14th June 1779.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41505420/messier-63/

NGC 5083 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 14th June 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57828845/ngc-5083/

NGC 5565 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 14th June 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57828835/ngc-5565/

NGC 6004 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 14th June 1879.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57828824/ngc-6004/



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GRB 060614 was a remarkable gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite on June 14, 2006
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36563972/grb-060614/

On June 14, 1969, an Aerobee 150 rocket, detected the X-ray binary star system Circinus X-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circinus_X-1

Asteroid (600) Musa as discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on June 14, 1906.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_Musa

Apollo asteroid (1566) Icarus made a close approach to Earth on June 14, 1968. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1566_Icarus

D/1770 L1, Lexell's Comet, was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier on June 14, 1770.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36819710/lexells-comet/



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Meteorites

The Laborel (H5) meteorite fell in the Drôme department in south-eastern France, on the 14th June, 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43363053/laborel-meteorite/

The Pê meteorite fell in Burkina Faso, on the 14th June 1989.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57826847/p-meteorite/

St-Robert is an ordinary chondrite meteorite fell on Quebec on June 14, 1994.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43363028/st-robert-meteorite/



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