On this day in 1979. Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months.
Iranian students stand guard in front of the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73 years old, was assassinated by right-wing Israeli Yigal Amir after attending a peace rally on this day in 1995.
World leaders watch as the coffin of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is placed on a stand during funeral services November 6.
Nazi Germany’s troops entered Paris on this day in 1940. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m.
A French civilian weeping as German soldiers marched into Paris.
Also on this same day in 1940, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.
Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a flight from Cairo to San Diego with in route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. On the morning of Friday, June 14, 1985 Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after take off from Athens. The hijackers were seeking the release of 700 Shi’ite Muslims from Israeli custody.
United States Navy diver Robert Stethem (below) was murdered, and his body was thrown onto the tarmac. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the next two weeks until released by their captors after some of their demands were met.
Robert Stethem
On this day in 1777, The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson (below) officially proclaimed June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)
Donald John Trump (born and raised in the New York City) is 72 years old today. He is the 45th and current President of the United States.
Trump made his mark as a successful businessman, becoming a prominent a real estate developer. He founded The Trump Organization and was the host of the popular reality TV series The Apprentice.
Donald Trump played football, soccer, and baseball at the New York Military Academy as a teenager. He later graduated from the prestigious Wharton School of Business.
