February 14

February 14 is internationally known as, named after the of , in Italy, executed in 270.

Events

 * - and  swear the  in the  and  languages.
 * - recognizes  as  of.
 * - excommunicates.
 * - Approximately 2,000 were burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of.
 * - is declared a.
 * - becomes.
 * - The was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when    rendered a nine gun salute to, commanded by.
 * - was killed by  near  on the.
 * - : -  &  led the  to victory over a  fleet in action near.
 * -  declares that any act of  which conflicts with the  is void.
 * - leads the  against the.
 * - Ras marches into  and defeats and kills Dejazmach  in the.
 * - The original, of , is formed in.
 * - The event that inspired the song  is held.
 * - In, becomes the first serving  to have his  taken.
 * - linked by  with the rest of the, with the completion of a connection between  and.
 * - admitted as the 33rd.
 * - applies for a  for the, as does.
 * - The breaks out when an armed forces occupy the n port city of.
 * - First trainload of s left via the.
 * - First performance of 's last play  at the in.
 * - s are approved by the for use in federal s.
 * - responds to international pressure to free  by tightening imperial control over the country.
 * 1900  - : In, 20,000  troops invade the.
 * - The is established (later split into Dept. of Commerce and ).
 * - admitted as the 48th.
 * 1912  - In, the first -powered  is commissioned.
 * - , featuring '  character, is released.
 * 1918  - The  adopts the  ( according to the ).
 * - The begins.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - The Corporation (IBM) is founded.
 * - : Seven people, six of them rivals of 's gang, are murdered in.
 * -  contributes to the fall of.
 * - :, is liberated.
 * 1943  - World War II:  -    and the  launch an offensive against  defenses in.
 * - World War II: Anti-ese revolt on.
 * - On the second day of the the   and the  begin ing, the capital of the  state of.
 * 1945  -  - probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
 * 1945  - President  meets with   of  aboard the, officially starting the - diplomatic relationship.
 * 1945  -  is liberated by.
 * - The is nationalized.
 * - The (i parliament) first convenes.
 * 1949  - The  begins in . The strike marks the beginning of the  in.
 * - The of the  starts in . On the last night of the meeting, Premier  condemns 's crimes in a.
 * - :, , is first synthesized at the.
 * -  takes  viewers on a tour of the.
 * - n currency is.
 * - In, kidnap the   to ,  who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
 * - announces his retirement from the .
 * - . A fire in a nightclub kills 48 people
 * - United American Bank of collapses.  Its president,  is later convicted of.
 * - agrees to pay $470 million to the n government for damages it caused in the.
 * 1989  - ian leader  issues a  encouraging s to kill the author of ,.
 * 1989  - The first of 24 s of the  is placed into orbit.
 * - 92 people are killed aboarad at,.
 * -, a Russian was.
 * - launches a  rocket, carrying the  . The rocket flew off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village.
 * - Authorities in the announce that  is a suspect in an   clinic bombing.
 * - The spacecraft  enters orbit around asteroid, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
 * -  sinks off the coast of, , killing three members of the same family on board.
 * - In a suburb of, , the roof of the collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
 * - 's former, , is assassinated, prompting the (Intifada of Independence).
 * 2005  - Seven people were killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected -linked militants that hit the '  financial district in, , and.
 * 2005  -, a popular video-sharing website, is established.
 * - -  cardholders had to use their  to be sure they could pay with their  card. This change was made to better protect cardholders against fraudsters.
 * - Several flights experienced extreme delays due to a snow storm, the longest leaving passengers trapped in their plane on the tarmac for 9 hours, leading to the creation of the JetBlue "Customer Bill Of Rights".

Births

 * -, Italian painter and philosopher (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, Moghul emperor of India (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, English privy councillor (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, Spanish historian (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, English economist (d. )
 * -, Spanish composer (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American eccentric (d. )
 * 1819  -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American Civil War Union general (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, American artist and recipient. (d. )
 * -, American suffragette (d. )
 * 1847  -, queen of Portugal (d. )
 * -, French astronomer (d. )
 * -, Irish author and editor (d. )
 * -, Scottish physicist, (d. )
 * -, Swedish actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, missionary (d. )
 * 1884  -, Greek poet (d. )
 * or -, Austrian racing driver (d. )
 * -, Spanish American actress
 * -, Welsh artist (d. )
 * -, Czech military commander (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, German philosopher and sociologist (d. )
 * -, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Croatian explorer (d. )
 * -, American sports reporter (d. )
 * 1913  -, American college football coach (d. )
 * 1913  -, American labor union leader (disappeared )
 * -, Nazi overseer at concentration camp
 * 1914  -, Australian golfer (d. )
 * -, French general
 * 1916  -, Japanese director (d. )
 * 1916  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American mathematician,
 * -, American television host
 * -, American impresario and disk jockey (d. )
 * -, Canadian actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (d. )
 * 1931  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1931  -, American singer
 * -, German actor and film director
 * -, Indian actress (d. )
 * -, Swiss conductor
 * 1934  -, American actress
 * -, Argentine dancer and focus of a scandal involving Congressman.
 * 1936  -, American actor
 * -, American educator
 * 1941  -, United States Senator from Massachusetts (d. )
 * 1942  -, American actor
 * 1942  -, Mexican racing driver (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * 1943  -, American movie producer (d. )
 * -, American journalist
 * 1944  -, British film director and writer
 * -, Swedish racing driver (d. )
 * -, Prince of Liechtenstein
 * -, (d. )
 * 1946  -, American dancer and actor (d. )
 * -, American singer-songwriter (d. )
 * -, American sportscaster and television host
 * 1948  -, American magician
 * -, American musician
 * -, English footballer
 * 1951  -, American ice skater
 * -, current president
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, one of the original MTV VJs
 * 1957  -, Finnish soprano
 * -, Argentine racing driver
 * 1958  -, er
 * -, American soprano
 * -, American football player
 * 1960  -, Canadian actress
 * -, American author
 * -, American cosmetologist (d. )
 * 1962  -, English actor
 * 1962  -, French rugby player
 * 1962  -, Indian actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Italian cyclist
 * 1964  -, American actor
 * -, player
 * -, Bulgarian tennis player
 * 1967  -, British entrepreneur
 * -, American television personality
 * -, Brazilian beach volleyball player
 * 1969  -, American football player
 * -, Italian cyclist
 * 1970  -, British comedian and actor
 * -, Japanese singer
 * 1971  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American football player
 * 1972  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1972  -, Japanese comedian
 * 1972  -, American musician
 * 1972  -, Spanish actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, Italian singer
 * -, Australian musician
 * 1975  -, American  contestant
 * -, Norwegian singer
 * -, Australian cyclist
 * 1977  -, South African motorcycle racer (d. )
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1978  -, British actor
 * 1978  -, basketball player
 * -, American football player
 * -, Mexican footballer
 * 1980  -,  actress
 * 1980  -, American screenwriter
 * -, Slovak hockey player
 * -, French footballer
 * 1983  -,  frontman
 * -, Moroccan-English actress and model
 * 1985  -, American baseball player
 * 1985  -, Pinay celebrity
 * 1985  -, Tunisian footballer
 * 1985  -, Japanese
 * 1985  -, Swiss footballer
 * 1985  -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, German racing driver
 * -, American actor
 * 1987  -, Russian singer
 * 1987  -, English footballer
 * -, Argentine soccer player
 * -, English actor,
 * -, English actor,

Deaths

 * - marking  (some sources say, others ).
 * -, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * - King (murdered) (b. )
 * -, Mongol conqueror (b. )
 * -, French cardinal and Protestant (b. )
 * -, French engraver and artist
 * -, Queen Consort of Spain (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, inventor (b. )
 * -, British naval captain and explorer (b. )
 * -, English jurist (b. )
 * -, American lawyer and and  (b. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary hero (b. )
 * 1831  -, English inventor (b. )
 * -, American Civil War Confederate General (b. )
 * -, New York City mayor (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Civil War General (b. )
 * -, Belgian mathematician (b. )
 * -, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, Officer of the killed in the defense of  (b. )
 * -, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. )
 * 1943  -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. )
 * -, Belgian cyclist (b. )
 * -, veteran leader of , (b. )
 * -, American jazz drummer (b. )
 * -, German-American actor (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. ).
 * -, New Zealand cricketer (b. )
 * -, British biologist (b. )
 * 1975  -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American diplomat (b. )
 * -, Assamese composer and actor
 * -, German athlete (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * 1987  -, Greek theater director (b. )
 * -, Austrian-American composer (b. )
 * -, American ornithologist (b. )
 * -, Russian serial killer (executed) (b. )
 * -, Burmese politician (b. )
 * 1995  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American presidential advisor (b. )
 * 1999  -, American singer and songwriter (b. )
 * -, Hungarian footballer (b. )
 * -, first cloned mammal (b. )
 * 2003  -, English jockey (b. )
 * -, Italian cyclist (b. )
 * -, American boxer
 * 2005  -, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. )
 * -, Israeli singer and actress (b. )
 * 2006  -, British singer (b. )
 * 2006  -, French musician and actor (b. )
 * -, British flautist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - (Wine-grower’s Day)
 * - (1859).
 * - St..
 * - 'Communist Martyrs Day' celebrated by.
 * - St..
 * - 'Communist Martyrs Day' celebrated by.
 * - 'Communist Martyrs Day' celebrated by.

Liturgical feasts

 * / - Feast day of Saints and, patron saints of.
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