June 14
1789 - Captain William Bligh of the HMS Bounty arrived in Timor in a small boat.
1841 - The first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston.
1900 - Hawaii became a US territory.
1907 - Women in Norway won the right to vote.
1917 - General John Pershing arrived in Paris during World War I.
1940 - The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.
1940 - German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m.
1944 - Sixty B-29 Superfortress' attacked an iron and steel works factory on Honshu Island. It was the first U.S. raid against mainland Japan.
1945 - Burma was liberated by Britain.
2014 - England and Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield receives an MBE
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Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now 
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