Today in History - History - June 14th

1942Anne Frank begins her diary

1989Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (honorary knighthood)

1913The South African Government pass the Immigration Act, which restricts the entry and free movement of Asians; it leads to widespread agitation and rioting by resident Indians, led by Gandhi

1989Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

1953Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis Tenn

1967Steve Allen Show" premieres on CBS-TV

1933Lou Gehrig & Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games

1861Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of General George McClellan's advance

1807Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.

1944General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France

1946Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)

1969Steffi Graf, Mannheim West Germany, tennis player (22 Grand Slam singles titles)

1811Harriet Beecher Stowe, Litchfield Connecticut, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

1928Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Rosario, Argentine Marxist revolutionary and physician (Cuban Revolution)

1966Musician Louis Jordan (58) weds singer and dancer Martha Weaver

1981Novelist Danielle Steel (33) weds John Traina

1958Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela

1956Actor Ted Cassidy (23) weds Margaret Helen

1999Rapper Eminem marries Kimberly Anne Scott for the 1st time

1984MLB baseball player Ernie Banks (53) weds Marjorie Wardlawholm

1871Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London

1904Ragtime composer Scott Joplin (35) weds Freddie Alexander (19) in Arkansas

1968Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66

1825Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, dies at 70

1801Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London at 60

1986Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86