UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 14, 2020

Today is Sunday, June 14, the 166th day of 2020 with 200 to follow.

This is Flag Day in the United States.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1811; bookseller John Bartlett in 1820; German physician Alois Alzheimer in 1864; photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in 1904; actor/folksinger Burl Ives in 1909; actor Dorothy McGuire in 1916; Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in 1928; actor Marla Gibbs in 1931 (age 89); musician Junior Walker in 1931; rock musician Rod Argent in 1945 (age 75); real estate mogul/President Donald Trump in 1946 (age 74); former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in 1950 (age 70); women's basketball coach Pat Summitt in 1952; Olympic gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden in 1958 (age 62); singer Boy George, born George O'Dowd, in 1961 (age 59); TV journalist Campbell Brown in 1968 (age 52); actor Regan Burns in 1968 (age 52); actor Faizon Love, born Langston Faizon Santisima, in 1968 (age 52); actor Yasmine Bleeth in 1968 (age 52); tennis star Steffi Graf in 1969 (age 51); Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang in 1982 (age 38); actor/singer Kevin McHale in 1988 (age 32); actor Lucy Hale in 1989 (age 31); actor Daryl Sabara in 1992 (age 28); actor Evan Sabara in 1992 (age 28).

On this date in history:

In 1623, in the first breach-of-promise lawsuit in the United States, the Rev. Greville Pooley sued Cicely Jordan in Charles City, Va., for jilting him for another man.

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service.

In 1777, the Stars and Stripes became the national U.S. flag.

In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio. The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

In 1933, the first Superman comic book -- Action Comic No. 1 -- was published.

In 1940, German troops marched down Paris' Champs-Élysées as Allied forces abandoned the French capital.

In 1951, Univac I, the world's first commercial computer, designed for the U.S. Census Bureau, was introduced.

In 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

In 1982, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a cease-fire with Argentina, bringing to an end the Falkland Islands War after 74 days.

In 1985, Shiite Muslim gunmen highjacked TWA Flight 847 carrying 153 passengers and crew from Athens to Rome. The ordeal ended 17 days later in Beirut, where one of the hostages, a U.S. sailor, was killed.

In 1998, the Chicago Bulls won their sixth NBA title in eight years and third in a row, defeating the Utah Jazz in the championship series.

In 2003, the Czech Republic voted overwhelmingly to join the European Union.

In 2013, Hassan Rouhani was elected president of Iran.

In 2017, Ireland's parliament elected Leo Varadkar, the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister.

In 2017, a fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in west London, killed nearly 80 people.

In 2017, a gunman opened fire at a Republican team charity baseball practice in suburban Washington, D.C, seriously injuring House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana. The shooting also left three others injured by gunfire and two more sustained injuries trying to flee.

In 2019, working women across Switzerland went on strike to protest what they said was the government's resistance to gender equality and equal pay.

A thought for the day: On her website, Steffi Graf, who won 22 tennis Grand Slam titles, said, "For me, the focus and energy level that I get from physically challenging myself on a daily basis -- not to mention the obvious health benefits -- is irreplaceable."