JUNE 14 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for June 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) - Author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

David Houston (1841-1906) - Inventor of the Kodak camera.

Alonzo Church (1903-1995) - Mathematician whose work provided foundation for computer science.

Burl Ives (1909-1995) - Actor and singer who will always be remembered as the narrator in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

E. Cuyler Hammond (1912-1986) - Epidemiologist who was the first to link smoking with lung cancer.

Marla Gibbs (1931-Still Living) - Actress recognized for her role as Florence on the t.v. sitcom The Jeffersons.

Renaldo Benson (1936-2005) - Founding member of the R&B group The Four Tops.

Donald Trump (1946-Still Living) - The 45th and 47th President of the U.S.

Pat Summitt (1952-2016) - Basketball player and coach for the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team.

Memorable Events for June 14

1642 - The first compulsory education law in America is passed in MA.

1775 - The Continental Congress establishes the the Continental Army, marking the birth of the U.S. Armed Forces.

1777 - The Second Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes Flag (Flag Act of 1777).

1834 - Isaac Fischer patents sandpaper.

1922 - President Harding becomes the first President to use a radio.

1923 - The recording of country music hit Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane occurs.

1937 - Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state to celebrate Flag Day as an official state holiday.

1942 - The first bazooka rocket gun is produced in Bridgeport, CT.

1954 - President Eisenhower signs a bill placing the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance.