On this day — June 14

a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

killing all 49 people on board.

about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.

Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.

which was originally instituted in 1557.

the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.

Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.