Historical Events In February - 14

1980  On this day in history uS launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares   

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

1982  Henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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  Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1988  Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay on February - 14.   

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

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 February - 14 union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster   

1989  World's first satellite Skyphone opens on February - 14.   

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

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

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 February - 14.   

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

1991  On this day in history arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90   

1992  On this day in history cease fire in Somalia begins   

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

1993  On this day in history fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79   

1993  On this day in history buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70   

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  On this day in history alberto Burri, Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79   

1996  Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1999  On February - 14 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  On February - 14 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 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  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on February - 14.   

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian   

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 February - 14.   

1317  On this day in history death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)   

1400  On February - 14 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  On February - 14 edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66   

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

1676  On this day in history death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist