Historical Events In February - 14

1955  Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1956  20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on February - 14.  

1956  On February - 14 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union  

1956  Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference on this day in history.  

1957  On February - 14 georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites  

1958  On this day in history arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms  

1959  On February - 14 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY  

1960  On February - 14 marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan  

1961  Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA on this day in history.  

1961  On February - 14 wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78  

1962  Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV on this day in history.  

1963  First successful kidney transplant on February - 14.  

1963  US launches communications satellite Syncom 1 on February - 14.  

1965  On February - 14 desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84  

1966  On this day in history australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps  

1967  On February - 14 aretha Franklin records "Respect"  

1967  On this day in history latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up  

1967  James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1968  On February - 14 pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central  

1969  Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1971  On February - 14 movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television  

1971  On this day in history richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House  

1972  On this day in history john & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week  

1972  On this day in history luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon  

1972  Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1974  C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies on February - 14.  

1975  Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station on February - 14.  

1975  Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1976  On February - 14 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1977  On this day in history the Unity Bank of Canada and Provincial Bank of Canada merge  

1978  On February - 14 first "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments  

1979  On February - 14 adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered  

1980  On February - 14 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances  

1980  On this day in history 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1462  On this day in history birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)  

1468  On February - 14 birth of johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)  

1483  On February - 14 birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty  

1487  On February - 14 birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising  

1513  Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer was born on February - 14.  

1515  On this day in history birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts  

1533  On February - 14 birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)  

1546  Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian was born on February - 14.  

0270  Death of St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273) on this day in history.  

0869  On this day in history cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies  

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on February - 14.  

1400  On this day in history death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle  

1405  On February - 14 timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68  

1528  On February - 14 edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66  

1571  On February - 14 benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70  

1676  On February - 14 death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist