Historical Events In February - 14

1955  Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 14.   

1956  On this day in history 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

1956  On this day in history indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

1956  On February - 14 khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

1957  Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites on this day in history.   

1958  Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms on this day in history.   

1959  On February - 14 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY   

1960  On February - 14 marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan   

1961  On February - 14 element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

1961  On this day in history wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78   

1962  On February - 14 lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV   

1963  On February - 14 first successful kidney transplant   

1963  On February - 14 uS launches communications satellite Syncom 1   

1965  Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps   

1967  Aretha Franklin records "Respect" on February - 14.   

1967  Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history james Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85   

1968  On this day in history pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central   

1969  Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71 on February - 14.   

1971  Movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 14 richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House   

1972  On this day in history john & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week   

1972  Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon on this day in history.   

1972  Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1974  C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1975  Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station on February - 14.   

1975  Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1977  The Unity Bank of Canada and Provincial Bank of Canada merge on February - 14.   

1978  First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments on February - 14.   

1979  On February - 14 adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered   

1980  On February - 14 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances   

1980  13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY on February - 14.   

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1462  Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) was born on February - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1487  On this day in history 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  On February - 14 birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts   

1533  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on this day in history.   

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

0270  Death of St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273) on February - 14.   

0869  Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on February - 14.   

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on February - 14.   

1400  On this day in history death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle   

1405  On this day in history 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  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1676  On February - 14 death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist