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February 14 Events in History - February 14 Birthdays - February 14 Deaths
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February 14, 2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros) February 14, 1995 Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas February 14, 1995 Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d February 14, 1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33) February 14, 1994 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons February 14, 1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 February 14, 1992 Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec) February 14, 1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins February 14, 1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60) February 14, 1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec) February 14, 1991 "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 67 performances February 14, 1991 NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration February 14, 1990 Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London February 14, 1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some February 14, 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system February 14, 1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam February 14, 1989 Boxer Mike Tyson divorces actress Robin Givens February 14, 1989 Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie February 14, 1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep February 14, 1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster February 14, 1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens February 14, 1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player February 14, 1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay February 14, 1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500 February 14, 1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden February 14, 1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic February 14, 1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit February 14, 1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut February 14, 1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia February 14, 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall February 14, 1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic February 14, 1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances February 14, 1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York February 14, 1980 U.S. launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares February 14, 1979 "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 204 performances February 14, 1978 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments February 14, 1978 In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George February 14, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 14, 1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station February 14, 1972 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week February 14, 1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon February 14, 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television February 14, 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House February 14, 1970 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 1 performance February 14, 1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central February 14, 1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting February 14, 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect" February 14, 1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up February 14, 1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps February 14, 1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points February 14, 1966 Writers Andrei Sinjavski and Joeij Daniel found guilty February 14, 1963 U.S. launches communications satellite Syncom 1 February 14, 1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV February 14, 1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley California February 14, 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational February 14, 1960 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open February 14, 1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan February 14, 1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City February 14, 1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms February 14, 1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites February 14, 1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow February 14, 1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union February 14, 1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate February 14, 1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins February 14, 1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open February 14, 1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press" February 14, 1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting February 14, 1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway February 14, 1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller February 14, 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title February 14, 1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg February 14, 1950 U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty February 14, 1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) February 14, 1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses February 14, 1946 Bank of England nationalized February 14, 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden February 14, 1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN February 14, 1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java February 14, 1944 Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing February 14, 1943 German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia February 14, 1943 Soviets recapture Rostov February 14, 1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra February 14, 1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens February 14, 1941 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel February 14, 1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published February 14, 1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street February 14, 1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya February 14, 1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed February 14, 1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind February 14, 1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago February 14, 1936 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson February 14, 1936 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee February 14, 1934 NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto February 14, 1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Aust (Ironmonger 5-6) February 14, 1931 Bradman scores 152 Aust vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives February 14, 1931 Spanish Government of General Damasco Berenguer falls February 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed February 14, 1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed February 14, 1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson February 14, 1921 Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized February 14, 1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY February 14, 1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago February 14, 1919 United Parcel Service forms February 14, 1918 H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in New York City February 14, 1918 U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) February 14, 1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands February 14, 1912 1st U.S. submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Connecticut February 14, 1912 Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state February 14, 1907 1st U.S. fox hound association forms in New York City February 14, 1903 U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor forms February 14, 1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock" February 14, 1899 U.S. Congress begins using voting machines February 14, 1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning February 14, 1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever February 14, 1896 Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias, 2-0 February 14, 1896 Theodor Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat" February 14, 1895 Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London February 14, 1894 Venus is both a morning star and evening star February 14, 1890 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game February 14, 1889 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east February 14, 1887 Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 February 14, 1883 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions February 14, 1879 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta February 14, 1876 A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor February 14, 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) February 14, 1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy February 14, 1867 Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia) February 14, 1862 Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut February 14, 1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state February 14, 1848 James K. Polk became 1st President photographed in office by Matthew Brady February 14, 1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Pennsylvania February 14, 1794 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila February 14, 1778 "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France) February 14, 1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels February 14, 1746 Henry Pelham appointed English premier February 14, 1711 Handels opera Rinaldo, premieres February 14, 1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne February 14, 1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna February 14, 1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil February 14, 1613 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik February 14, 1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki February 14, 1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic February 14, 1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels February 14, 1130 Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II February 14, 1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV February 14, 1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor February 14, 842 Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty |