Revolutionary leader. Born Ernesto Guevara de la Serna on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. After completing his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires, Guevara became political active first in his native Argentina and then in neighboring Bolivia and Guatemala. In 1954, he met Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and his brother Raul while in Mexico.Guevara became part of Fidel Castro's efforts to overthrow the Batista government in Cuba. He served as a military advisor to Castro and led guerrilla troops in battles against Batista forces. When Castro took power in 1959, Guevara became in charge of La Cabaña Fortress prison. It is estimated that between 156 and 550 people were executed on Guevara's extra-judicial orders during this time.
Later, he became president of the Cuban national bank and helped to shift the country's trade relations from the United States to the Soviet Union. Three years later, he was appointed minister of industry. Guevara left this post in 1965 to export the ideas of Cuba's revolution to other parts of the world. In 1966, he began to try to incite the people of Bolivia to rebel against their government, but had little success. With only a small guerrilla force to support his efforts, Guevara was captured and killed in La Higuera by the Bolivian army on October 9, 1967.
Since his death, Guevara has become a legendary political figure. His name is often equated with rebellion, revolution, and socialism. Others, however, still remember that he could be ruthless and ordered prisoners executed without trial in Cuba. Guevara's life continues to be a subject of great public interest and been explored and portrayed in numerous books and films, including The Motorcycle Diaries (2004).
সেলিনা হোসেন (জন্ম জুন ১৪, ১৯৪৭) বাংলাদেশের একজন প্রখ্যাত মহিলা ঔপন্যাসিক । সেলিনা হোসেনের জন্ম রাজশাহী শহরে। তাঁর পৈতৃক নিবাস লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলার হাজিরপাড়া গ্রাম। বাবা এ কে মোশাররফ হোসেন এবং মা মরিয়মন্নেসা বকুল। তিনি পিতা মাতার চতুর্থ সন্তান। বাবা এ কে মুশাররফ হোসেন এর আদিবাড়ি নোয়াখালি হলেও চাকরিসূত্রে বগুড়া ও পরে রাজশাহী থেকেছেন দীর্ঘকাল; কাজেই সেলিনাকে একেবারে মেয়েবেলায় নোয়াখালিতে বেশিদিন থাকতে হয়নি। সেলিনা হোসেনের মায়ের নাম মরিয়ামুন্ননেছা বকুল। মুশাররফ-মরিয়ামুন্ননেছা দম্পতির সব মিলিয়ে সাত ছেলেমেয়ে। সেলিনা ভাইবোনদের মধ্যে চতুর্থ। মহান ভাষা আন্দোলনের দুবছর পর পর (অর্থাৎ,১৯৫৪ সালে) বগুরার লতিফপুর প্রাইমারি স্কুলে ভর্তি হল বালিকা সেলিনা। ক্লাস থ্রিতে। কেননা, ক্লাস ওয়ান আর টু-র পড়া শেখা হয়েছিল বাড়িতে বসেই। সে কালে সে রকমই হত। যা হোক প্রাইমারি শিক্ষা ওই লতিফপুর স্কুলেই শেষ হল। তিনি প্রায়ই ক্লাসে এসে আবৃত্তি করতেন-
Real estate developer, mogul. Born Donald John Trump, on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York, the fourth of five children of Frederick C. and Mary MacLeod Trump. Frederick Trump was a builder and real estate developer who came to specialize in constructing and operating middle income apartments in the Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. Donald Trump was an energetic, assertive child, and his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy at age 13, hoping the discipline of the school would channel his energy in a positive manner. Trump did well at the academy, both socially and academically, rising to be a star athlete and student leader by the time he graduated in 1964. He entered Fordham University and then transferred to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania from which he graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics.
(born May 2, 1859, Walsall, Staffordshire, Eng.—died June 14, 1927, Northampton, Northamptonshire) English novelist and playwright whose humour—warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual—won him wide following.
Mobster. Born May 19, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois. Anthony John Spilotro was born May 19, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, as the fourth of six children. His parents, Pasquale and Antoinette Spilotro, were Italian immigrants who ran the Italian eatery, Patsy's Restaurant. It was through his family's business that young Anthony first became acquainted with organized crime; Patsy's was a regular mobster hangout, and meetings between "made men" were frequently held in the restaurant's parking lot.
(born Oct. 23, 1835, Christian County, Ky., U.S.—died June 14, 1914, Chicago, Ill.) 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–97) in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland.
Artist. Born Mary Stevenson Cassatt on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Mary Cassatt was the daughter of a well-to-do real estate and investment broker, and her upbringing reflected her family's high social standing. Her schooling prepared her to be a proper wife and mother and included such classes as homemaking, embroidery, music, sketching and painting. During the 1850s, the Cassatts took their children abroad to live in Europe for several years.
(born August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina—died June 14, 1986, Geneva, Switzerland) Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works have become classics of 20th-century world literature.
(born June 14, 1933, ód, Pol.—died May 3, 1991, New York, N.Y., U.S.) Polish-born U.S. writer. He claimed that his horrific experiences as a Jew in World War II Poland and Russia caused him to be mute for much of his childhood. He studied political science and became a professor of sociology before immigrating to the U.S. in 1957. His novel The Painted Bird (1965) is a graphic, surrealistic tale of the horrors surrounding the war. Other successful novels were Steps (1968) and the satiric fable Being There (1970; film, 1979). After his suicide, it was revealed that much of his past had been fabricated.
(born June 14, 1909, Jasper county, Ill., U.S.—died April 14, 1995, Anacortes, Wash.) U.S. singer and actor. Ives began performing at age four and learned Scottish, English, and Irish ballads from his grandmother. He left college to hitchhike around the U.S., collecting songs from hoboes and drifters. Soon after his postwar concert debut in New York City, he was hailed by Carl Sandburg as “the mightiest ballad singer of this or any other century.” He recorded more than 100 albums and had hits with “I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly),” “The Blue Tail Fly,” “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “A Little Bitty Tear.” He appeared in many films—including East of Eden (1955), Desire Under the Elms (1958), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and The Big Country (1958, Academy Award)—and on Broadway.
(born June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Conn., U.S.—died July 1, 1896, Hartford, Conn.) American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among the causes of the American Civil War.
(born June 14, 1820, Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 3, 1905, Cambridge, Massachusetts) American bookseller and editor best known for his Familiar Quotations.