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UPI Almanac for Monday, June 14, 2021

On June 14, 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

By United Press International
Teachers and students recite the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the arrival of President Barack Obama at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md., on February 4, 2014. On June 14, 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI
Teachers and students recite the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the arrival of President Barack Obama at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md., on February 4, 2014. On June 14, 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo

Today is Monday, June 14, the 165th day of 2021 with 200 to follow.

This is Flag Day in the United States.

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


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 90); musician Junior Walker in 1931; rock musician Rod Argent in 1945 (age 76); real estate mogul/former President Donald Trump in 1946 (age 75); former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in 1950 (age 71); women's basketball coach Pat Summitt in 1952; Olympic gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden in 1958 (age 63); singer Boy George, born George O'Dowd, in 1961 (age 60); TV journalist Campbell Brown in 1968 (age 53); actor Regan Burns in 1968 (age 53); actor Faizon Love, born Langston Faizon Santisima, in 1968 (age 53); actor Yasmine Bleeth in 1968 (age 53); tennis star Steffi Graf in 1969 (age 52); screenwriter Diablo Cody in 1978 (age 43); Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang in 1982 (age 39); actor/singer Kevin McHale in 1988 (age 33); actor Lucy Hale in 1989 (age 32); actor Daryl Sabara in 1992 (age 29); actor Evan Sabara in 1992 (age 29).

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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.

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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 2020, 19 people died and more than 172 were injured after a gas tanker exploded on a Chinese highway en route from Ningbo to Wenzhou.


A thought for the day: "A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." -- American musician Jim Morrison

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