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June 14

4 sourced moments from June 14 in history: The Battle of Naseby Broke the King's Army (1645); The Stars and Stripes became the U.S. flag (1777); Charles Babbage unveiled the Difference Engine (1822), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on June 14

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2019 Food & Drink · Agriculture

A single mutation made almonds safe to eat

Wild almonds brim with cyanide, but one swapped amino acid in a single gene silenced the toxin and let humans domesticate the nut.

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1822 Technology · Computing & AI

Charles Babbage unveiled the Difference Engine

In a single page read to the Royal Astronomical Society, Babbage proposed grinding out error-free mathematical tables by machine.

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1777 History · Modern

The Stars and Stripes became the U.S. flag

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes, a date now honored as Flag Day.

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1645 History · War & Conflict

The Battle of Naseby Broke the King's Army

In two hours on a Northamptonshire field, Parliament's reformed army shattered the Royalist cause and reshaped English power forever.

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