EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 14
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HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
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.
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
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.
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.
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.
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
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.
Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American actor (Spy Kids films; Genrator Rex; The Polar Express)
American actor (The Batman - "Robin"))
South African jazz saxophonist and composer ("Codes of Light")
American actress (Unfriended)
American singer (NLT) and actor (Glee - "Artie")
American jazz singer
American NFL football player
English pop singer-songwriter (Sugababes
Chinese concert pianist (The Painted Veil; Berlin Philharmonic)
American jazz and Latin jazz double bassist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)
American football cornerback (Super Bowl XXXV Baltimore Ravens; First-team All-Pro 2003; Pro Bowl 2003
Italian soccer defender (34 caps; Lazio 135 games
American ice hockey forward
American rock musician (Braid; Hey Mercedes; The City on Film)
American cartoonist (Achewood
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