Historical Events In February - 14

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

1980  On this day in history luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 February - 14 bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63   

1988  On this day in history alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay   

1988  On February - 14 general hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden   

1988  On this day in history frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84   

1989  African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1989  Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" on February - 14.   

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

1989  On this day in history union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster   

1989  World's first satellite Skyphone opens on this day in history.   

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

1990  Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some on February - 14.   

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

1990  On February - 14 graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies   

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

1991  On February - 14 arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90   

1992  Cease fire in Somalia begins on February - 14.   

1992  Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48 on February - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1994  Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61   

1995  On February - 14 roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas   

1995  Alberto Burri, Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on February - 14.   

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  On this day in history john Ehrlichman, presidential advisor during the Nixon administration and imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal, dies in Atlanta, at age 73.   

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

2003  Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell dies young form a progressive lung disease aged 6 on this day in history.   

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1462  Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) was born on this day in history.   

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

1483  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty was born on February - 14.   

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

1513  On this day in history 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 February - 14.   

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

0270  On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).   

0869  Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on this day in history.   

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

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  Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on February - 14.   

1571  On this day in history benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70   

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