On This Day for June 14 - First prisoners at Auschwitz, Steffi Graf is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. June 14 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Steffi Graf READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1940 First prisoners at Auschwitz READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2009: American basketball coach Phil Jackson won a record-setting 10th NBA championship, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic. [ Read our list of the 10 greatest basketball players of all time.] 1982: The surrender of the large Argentine garrison at Port Stanley to the British military concluded the Falkland Islands War, which was fought for the control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and its dependencies—territory long disputed by the warring nations. [Take our history of war quiz.] 1963: The manned Soviet spacecraft Vostok 5 was launched, and two days later Vostok 6 was sent into orbit carrying cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space. [Test your knowledge of space exploration.] 1928: Che Guevara—a theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956–59), and a guerrilla leader in South America—was born. 1811: American author Harriet Beecher Stowe—whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin fueled antislavery sentiment and was cited among the causes of the Civil War —was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. [Take our quiz of famous novels.] 1807: Napoleon won the Battle of Friedland, leading to a treaty with Alexander I of Russia. [ How much do you know about Napoleon Bonaparte?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1946 Donald Trump president of the United States 1928 Che Guevara Argentine-Cuban revolutionary 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe American writer and educator 1969 Steffi Graf German tennis player 1982 Lang Lang Chinese musician 1950 Rowan Williams archbishop of Canterbury SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help