Historical Events for 14th June 2023

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1565 - Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism
1807 - Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition
1944 - General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France
1957 - Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz to become NWA wrestling champion
1965 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11 innings, 1-0
1973 - 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe
1973 - US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies
1980 - "Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra spreads to #32 on the charts
2013 - Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran
2019 - Petition to create world's first "time free zone" on Sommaroy island which has complete daylight for 2 months, delivered to the Norwegian parliament

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