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| February 14th |
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| About February 14th is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 320 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (321 in leap years). February 14th is Valentine's Day, named after Saint Valentinus of Terni, in Italy, executed in 270. Births 1894 - Jack Benny, comedian, actor 1907 - Johnny Longden, Hall of Fame jockey 1921 - Hugh Downs, broadcaster, author (20/20) 1929 - Vic Morrow, actor (Combat!, The California Kid) 1934 - Florence Henderson, actress, singer (The Brady Bunch) 1941 - Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator (Massachusetts) 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor 1944 - Carl Bernstein, journalist (The Washington Post) 1960 - Jim Kelly, Hall of Fame quarterback 1968 - Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary 1972 - Rob Thomas, singer, musician (Matchbox Twenty) 1973 - Steve McNair, professional quarterback Deaths 2003 - Johnny Longden, Hall of Fame jockey Events 278 - Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, is beheaded. 1849 - James K. Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. 1859 - Oregon is admitted as the Thirty-third U.S. state. 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray apply for a patent on the telephone. 1899 - The United States Congress approves the use of voting machines in federal elections. 1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established. 1912 - Arizona is admitted as the Forty-eighth U.S. state. 1924 - The Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation is renamed International Business Machines (IBM). 1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" takes place in Chicago, Illinois as seven of Al Capone's rivals are murdered. 1932 - The United States wins the first two-man bobsled competition at the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, New York. 1962 - Millions tune in to watch First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy host the first televised tour of the White House. 2008 - A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University resulting in 6 deaths, including the gunman, and 18 injured. |
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