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 February - 14 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

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

1957  On February - 14 georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites   

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

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

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

1961  Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA on February - 14.   

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

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

1963  First successful kidney transplant on February - 14.   

1963  On February - 14 uS launches communications satellite Syncom 1   

1965  On February - 14 desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84   

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

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

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

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  On February - 14 luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon   

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

1974  On February - 14 c S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies   

1975  On February - 14 bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station   

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

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 14.   

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 this day in history adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered   

1980  On this day in history "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances   

1980  On this day in history 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY   

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1462  On this day in history 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 February - 14 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 this day in history 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  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  Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on February - 14.   

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

1400  On this day in history 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 February - 14.   

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

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.   

1676  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.