Today in History.....June 14

On this day in …

* 1775, the United States Army was founded

* 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag (Today is Flag day)

* 1841, the first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston

* 1846, a group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California

* 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis, ym"sh, opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops entered Paris

* 1943, the Supreme Court ruled schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so conflicted with their religious beliefs

* 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands

* 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 began as a pair
of Lebanese Shiites terrorists, practitioners of that "religion of
peace", seized the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece

* 1996, the FBI disclosed the Clinton White House had obtained bureau background reports on at least 408 people without justification. ALSO: World copper markets were thrown into turmoil following disclosure by Sumitomo Corporation that a rogue trader had hidden multibillion-dollar losses

* 2001, the Bush administration announced the Navy would end its bombing exercises on Vieques Island off the coast of Puerto Rico by May 2003. ALSO: President Bush sparred with European leaders in Sweden over climate change, unwavering in his opposition to a global warming treaty

* 2005, U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins, who crossed into North Korea in 1965, arrived in the United States for his first visit in 40 years. ALSO: Michelle Wie became the first female player to qualify for an adult male U.S. Golf Association championship, tying for first place in a 36-hole U.S. Amateur Public Links sectional qualifying tournament