2018-06-14

A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, killing 72 people.

War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.

After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.

Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses".

Falklands War: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher announced that white flags were flying over Port Stanley, in advance of the formal surrender of Argentine forces.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer released the progressive rock album Tarkus.

The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books.

Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen.

The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a pro-Soviet government.

Second World War: Four days after the French government fled Paris, German forces occupied the French capital, a major accomplishment in the Fall Rot operation.