Page 7: Historical Events In February - 14

1955  On this day in history charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77   

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

1956  On February - 14 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

1956  On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY   

1960  Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on February - 14.   

1961  On February - 14 element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

1961  Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1962  On February - 14 lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV   

1963  On February - 14 first successful kidney transplant   

1963  On this day in history uS launches communications satellite Syncom 1   

1965  Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84 on February - 14.   

1966  Australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps on February - 14.   

1967  On this day in history aretha Franklin records "Respect"   

1967  Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history james Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85   

1968  Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central on February - 14.   

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  Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House on February - 14.   

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 February - 14.   

1974  On February - 14 c S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies   

1975  Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87   

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  First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered   

1980  "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances on this day in history.   

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

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1462  On February - 14 birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising   

1513  On February - 14 birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer   

1515  Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts was born on February - 14.   

1533  On this day in history birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)   

1546  On February - 14 birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian   

0270  On this day in history death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).   

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 February - 14 death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle   

1405  Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 on February - 14.   

1528  On this day in history edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66   

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.   

1676  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.