This Day In History — The United States Army was Founded

June 14

1775
The United States Army was founded.

1777
The Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the U.S.

1922
Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio.

1940
German troops entered Paris. The Nazis opened the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

1951
The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled.

1954
President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance.

1982
Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.

Birthdays

Ernesto Guevara
1928–67, Cuban revolutionary and political leader, born in Argentina.

Harriet Beecher Stowe
writer (1811)

Margaret Bourke-White
photographer (1904)

Donald Trump
business executive (1946)

Eric Heiden
speed skater (1958)

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