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| Birthday February 14, 1766 Thomas Malthus, population expert |
| Birthday February 14, 1856 Frank Harris, English journalist & writer (My Life & Loves) |
| Birthday February 14, 1859 George Washington Ferris, engineer invented Ferris Wheel |
| Birthday February 14, 1867 Toyota patriarch born |
| Birthday February 14, 1894 Benny Kubelski, aka Jack Benny, Oh Rochester! |
| Birthday February 14, 1912 Edmund George Love, American teacher & historian & author |
| Birthday February 14, 1913 Mel Allen, voice of the Yankees |
| Birthday February 14, 1913 Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared |
| Birthday February 14, 1913 James Pike, bishop |
| Birthday February 14, 1931 Phyllis McGuirre, of McGuirre sisters |
| Birthday February 14, 1934 Florence Henderson, in Indiana -- keeps Brady Bunch in line |
| Birthday February 14, 1944 Carl Bernstein, investigative reporter (Watergate) |
| Birthday February 14, 1947 Pham Tuan, 1st Vietnamese space traveler (on board Soyuz 37) |
| Birthday February 14, 1949 Ewa Aulin |
| History February 14, 1753 Valentine's Day |
| History February 14, 1779 Captain Cook killed in Hawaii |
| History February 14, 1779 Patriots defeat Loyalists at Kettle Creek |
| History February 14, 1842 The Boz Ball celebrates Dickens |
| History February 14, 1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd State |
| History February 14, 1864 Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi |
| History February 14, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell files application for patent on the telephone |
| History February 14, 1884 Theodore Roosevelt's wife and mother die |
| History February 14, 1886 First trainload of oranges leaves Los Angeles |
| History February 14, 1912 Arizona becomes 48th state |
| History February 14, 1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
| History February 14, 1919 Wilson presents draft covenant for League of Nations |
| History February 14, 1921 Skeezix of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallet's doorstep |
| History February 14, 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago - 7 gangsters killed |
| History February 14, 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre takes place |
| History February 14, 1929 Penicillin discovered |
| History February 14, 1929 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| History February 14, 1938 Hedda Hopper’s first column appears in the L.A. Times |
| History February 14, 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass |
| History February 14, 1950 Karl Jansky - discoverer of cosmic radio sources - dies |
| History February 14, 1954 Sen John Kennedy appears on Meet the Press |
| History February 14, 1961 Element 103 - lawrencium - 1st produced in Berkeley California |
| History February 14, 1962 Kennedy authorizes U.S. advisors to fire in self-defense |
| History February 14, 1962 Mrs Kennedy gives TV audience a tour of the White House |
| History February 14, 1970 Gallup Poll released |
| History February 14, 1972 John & Yoko guest host Mike Douglas Show for the entire week |
| History February 14, 1972 USSR launches Luna 20; unmanned probe soft-lands on moon - returns |
| History February 14, 1977 The B-52's play their first gig |
| History February 14, 1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares |
| History February 14, 1988 Olympic speed skater Jansen falls after sister dies |
| History February 14, 1989 Sandinistas agree to free elections |
| History February 14, 2000 Tornadoes sweep through southern Georgia |