Page 8: Historical Events In February - 14

1980  US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares on February - 14.   

1980  Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor on February - 14.   

1982  On this day in history henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79   

1984  On February - 14 singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia   

1985  On this day in history hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut   

1987  On this day in history bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63   

1988  On February - 14 alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay   

1988  General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden on February - 14.   

1988  On February - 14 frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84   

1989  On this day in history african National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam   

1989  On this day in history iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"   

1989  Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic on February - 14.   

1989  Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history world's first satellite Skyphone opens   

1990  On this day in history an Indian Airlines jetliner crashes while landing in southern India, killing 94 passengers and crew.   

1990  Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 14 space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system   

1990  Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On February - 14 air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300   

1991  Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90 on February - 14.   

1992  On this day in history cease fire in Somalia begins   

1992  On this day in history angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48   

1993  Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 on February - 14.   

1993  Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70 on February - 14.   

1994  On this day in history grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons   

1994  Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61 on February - 14.   

1995  On February - 14 roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas   

1995  Alberto Burri, Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77   

1997  On February - 14 abitibi-Price and Stone-Consolidated announce a $2.3 billion merger, creating the world's largest newsprint maker   

1999  John Ehrlichman, presidential advisor during the Nixon administration and imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal, dies in Atlanta, at age 73 on February - 14.   

1999  Quebec Railway Corporation takes over the former CN Mont Joli and Matane subdivisions linking Matane to Riviere du Loup, QC. The Matane sub. was the former Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.   

2003  Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell dies young form a progressive lung disease aged 6 on February - 14.   

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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 this day in history birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty   

1487  Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising was born on February - 14.   

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  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on this day in history.   

1546  Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1400  Death of Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle on February - 14.   

1405  Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

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

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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