Today in History - History - June 14th

199210th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton

197545th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)

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

1980Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32

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

1967Steve Allen Show" premieres on CBS-TV

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

1797Napoleon forms Ligurian Republic

1944General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France

1928Republican National Convention, meeting in KC, nominates Herbert Hoover for President

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1958Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela

1981Novelist Danielle Steel (33) weds John Traina

1956Actor Ted Cassidy (23) weds Margaret Helen

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

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

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

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

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

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