Page 7: Historical Events In February - 14

1955  On February - 14 charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77   

1956  On February - 14 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

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

1956  On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

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

1958  On February - 14 arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms   

1959  On this day in history $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY   

1960  Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on February - 14.   

1961  Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA on this day in history.   

1961  On February - 14 wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78   

1962  Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV on February - 14.   

1963  On February - 14 first successful kidney transplant   

1963  US launches communications satellite Syncom 1 on this day in history.   

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

1966  Australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps on February - 14.   

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

1967  On this day in history latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up   

1967  James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85 on February - 14.   

1968  Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71   

1971  On February - 14 movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television   

1971  Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House on February - 14.   

1972  John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week on this day in history.   

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

1972  On February - 14 lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65   

1974  C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies on February - 14.   

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

1975  On February - 14 heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87   

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

1977  On this day in history the Unity Bank of Canada and Provincial Bank of Canada merge   

1978  On this day in history first "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments   

1979  Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered on February - 14.   

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  On February - 14 birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)   

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

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

0869  On February - 14 cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies   

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  Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1528  Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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.