On This Day, June 14: Army established as 1st U.S. military branch
1 of 5 | The White House is seen through the main viewing stand from the National Mall on June 13, 2025, one day before the Army's 250th anniversary celebration and parade to be held in Washington, D.C. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
On this date in history:
In 1623, in the first breach-of-promise lawsuit in the United States, the Rev. Greville Pooley sued Cicely Jordan in Charles City, Va., for jilting him for another man.
In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service.
In 1777, the Stars and Stripes became the national U.S. flag.
In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio. The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.
In 1933, the first Superman comic book -- Action Comic No. 1 -- was published.
File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
In 1940, German troops marched down Paris' Champs-Élysées as Allied forces abandoned the French capital.
In 1951, Univac I, the world's first commercial computer, designed for the U.S. Census Bureau, was introduced.
In 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
In 1982, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a cease-fire with Argentina, bringing to an end the Falkland Islands War after 74 days.
In 1985, Shiite Muslim gunmen highjacked TWA Flight 847 carrying 153 passengers and crew from Athens to Rome. The ordeal ended 17 days later in Beirut, where one of the hostages, a U.S. sailor, was killed.
In 1998, the Chicago Bulls won their sixth NBA title in eight years and third in a row, defeating the Utah Jazz in the championship series.
In 2003, the Czech Republic voted overwhelmingly to join the European Union.
In 2013, Hassan Rouhani was elected president of Iran.
File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
In 2017, Ireland's parliament elected Leo Varadkar, the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister.
In 2017, a fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in west London, killed 72 people.
In 2017, a gunman opened fire at a Republican team charity baseball practice in suburban Washington, D.C, seriously injuring House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana. The shooting also left three others injured by gunfire and two more sustained injuries trying to flee.
In 2022, Canada and Denmark formally settled a territorial dispute dubbed the "Whiskey War" that lasted for nearly 50 years.
In 2023, nearly 80 people died after a boat carrying migrants capsized in Greek waters, the deadliest shipping accident off the nation's coast since the 2015 migrant crisis.
File Photo by Bougiotis Evangelos/EPA-EFE
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