This Day in History

June 14th in History

Disney opens the monorail! In other news, the US Army is founded and the Stars and Stripes are adopted, Captain Bligh reaches safety, and bourbon is created! Harriet Beecher Stowe, Burl Ives, Che Guevara, and Junior Walker are born; Benedict Arnold and Henry Mancini die. Happy Feast of Vidar!

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Quote of the Day

"Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians."

Che Guevara, revolutionary born June 14, 1928