February 14 All Events |
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| February 14th, 2008 (February 14 2008) | Event | Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 24 casualties; 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injured. | |
| February 14th, 2007 (February 14 2007) | Death | Gareth Morris, British flautist (born in 1920) | |
| February 14th, 2007 (February 14 2007) | Death | Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (born in 1943) | |
| February 14th, 2006 (February 14 2006) | Death | Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (born in 1923) | |
| February 14th, 2006 (February 14 2006) | Death | Lynden David Hall, British singer (born in 1974) | |
| February 14th, 2006 (February 14 2006) | Death | Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (born in 1925) | |
| February 14th, 2005 (February 14 2005) | Event | Lebanon s former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated, prompting the country to fall into chaos. | |
| February 14th, 2005 (February 14 2005) | Event | Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City. | |
| February 14th, 2005 (February 14 2005) | Death | Najai Turpin, American boxer | |
| February 14th, 2005 (February 14 2005) | Death | Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (born in 1944) | |
| February 14th, 2004 (February 14 2004) | Event | In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others. | |
| February 14th, 2004 (February 14 2004) | Death | Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (born in 1970) | |
| February 14th, 2003 (February 14 2003) | Death | Dolly, first cloned mammal (born in 1996) | |
| February 14th, 2003 (February 14 2003) | Death | Johnny Longden, English jockey (born in 1907) | |
| February 14th, 2002 (February 14 2002) | Event | The Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board. | |
| February 14th, 2002 (February 14 2002) | Death | Nandor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (born in 1922) | |
| February 14th, 2000 (February 14 2000) | Event | The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. | |
| February 14th, 1999 (February 14 1999) | Death | John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (born in 1925) | |
| February 14th, 1999 (February 14 1999) | Death | Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (born in 1933) | |
| February 14th, 1998 (February 14 1998) | Event | Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing. | |
| February 14th, 1996 (February 14 1996) | Event | China launches a Long March 3 rocket, carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite. The rocket flies off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashes into a rural village. | The Rock Quotes |
| February 14th, 1996 (February 14 1996) | Death | Bob Paisley, English football manager (born in 1919) | Bob Paisley Quotes |
| February 14th, 1995 (February 14 1995) | Death | U Nu, Burmese politician (born in 1907) | |
| February 14th, 1995 (February 14 1995) | Death | Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (born in 1923) | |
| February 14th, 1994 (February 14 1994) | Event | Andrei Chikatilo, a Russian serial killer is executed by shooting. | |
| February 14th, 1994 (February 14 1994) | Birth | Paul Butcher, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1994 (February 14 1994) | Death | Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (born in 1936) | |
| February 14th, 1992 (February 14 1992) | Birth | Freddie Highmore, English actor | |
| February 14th, 1990 (February 14 1990) | Event | 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India. | |
| February 14th, 1990 (February 14 1990) | Death | Tony Holiday, German singer | |
| February 14th, 1989 (February 14 1989) | Event | Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster. | |
| February 14th, 1989 (February 14 1989) | Event | Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie. | Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes |
| February 14th, 1989 (February 14 1989) | Event | The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System are placed into orbit. | |
| February 14th, 1989 (February 14 1989) | Death | James Bond, American ornithologist (born in 1900) | |
| February 14th, 1988 (February 14 1988) | Birth | Angel Di Maria, Argentine footballer | |
| February 14th, 1988 (February 14 1988) | Birth | Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner | |
| February 14th, 1988 (February 14 1988) | Birth | Eliska Sursova, American actress | |
| February 14th, 1988 (February 14 1988) | Death | Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (born in 1901) | |
| February 14th, 1987 (February 14 1987) | Birth | Joseph Pichler, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1987 (February 14 1987) | Birth | Julia Savicheva, Russian singer | |
| February 14th, 1987 (February 14 1987) | Birth | David Wheater, English footballer | |
| February 14th, 1987 (February 14 1987) | Death | Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, Russian composer (born in 1904) | |
| February 14th, 1987 (February 14 1987) | Death | Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (born in 1908) | |
| February 14th, 1986 (February 14 1986) | Birth | Michael Ammermuller, German racing driver | |
| February 14th, 1986 (February 14 1986) | Birth | Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress | |
| February 14th, 1986 (February 14 1986) | Birth | Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-English actress and model | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Tyler Clippard, American baseball player | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer | |
| February 14th, 1985 (February 14 1985) | Birth | Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress | |
| February 14th, 1984 (February 14 1984) | Birth | Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer | |
| February 14th, 1983 (February 14 1983) | Event | United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud. | |
| February 14th, 1983 (February 14 1983) | Birth | Bacary Sagna, French footballer | |
| February 14th, 1983 (February 14 1983) | Birth | Rhydian Roberts, Welsh Singer, X factor Runner Up | |
| February 14th, 1983 (February 14 1983) | Death | Lina Radke, German athlete (born in 1903) | |
| February 14th, 1982 (February 14 1982) | Birth | Marian Gaborik, Slovak hockey player | |
| February 14th, 1981 (February 14 1981) | Event | Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people | |
| February 14th, 1980 (February 14 1980) | Birth | Fatima Leyva, Mexican footballer | |
| February 14th, 1980 (February 14 1980) | Birth | Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress | |
| February 14th, 1980 (February 14 1980) | Birth | Josh Senter, American screenwriter | |
| February 14th, 1980 (February 14 1980) | Death | Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor | |
| February 14th, 1979 (February 14 1979) | Event | In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. | |
| February 14th, 1979 (February 14 1979) | Birth | Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer | |
| February 14th, 1979 (February 14 1979) | Death | Adolph Dubs, American diplomat (born in 1920) | |
| February 14th, 1978 (February 14 1978) | Birth | Dean Gaffney, British actor | |
| February 14th, 1978 (February 14 1978) | Birth | Richard Hamilton, American basketball player | |
| February 14th, 1978 (February 14 1978) | Birth | Darius Songaila, basketball player | |
| February 14th, 1978 (February 14 1978) | Birth | Dwele, American R&B/Soul singer | |
| February 14th, 1977 (February 14 1977) | Birth | Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer | |
| February 14th, 1977 (February 14 1977) | Birth | Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist | Evans Quotes |
| February 14th, 1977 (February 14 1977) | Birth | Darren Purse, English footballer | |
| February 14th, 1977 (February 14 1977) | Birth | Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (died in 2007) | |
| February 14th, 1976 (February 14 1976) | Birth | Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves Eyes) | |
| February 14th, 1975 (February 14 1975) | Birth | Scott Owen, Australian musician (The Living End) | |
| February 14th, 1975 (February 14 1975) | Birth | Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant | |
| February 14th, 1975 (February 14 1975) | Death | Julian Huxley, British biologist (born in 1887) | Julian Huxley Quotes |
| February 14th, 1975 (February 14 1975) | Death | P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (born in 1881) | P. G. Wodehouse Quotes |
| February 14th, 1974 (February 14 1974) | Birth | Filippa Giordano, Italian singer | |
| February 14th, 1974 (February 14 1974) | Birth | Philippe Leonard, Belgian footballer | |
| February 14th, 1974 (February 14 1974) | Death | Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (born in 1903) | |
| February 14th, 1973 (February 14 1973) | Birth | Steve McNair, American football player | Steve McNair Quotes |
| February 14th, 1972 (February 14 1972) | Birth | Drew Bledsoe, American football player | |
| February 14th, 1972 (February 14 1972) | Birth | Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler | |
| February 14th, 1972 (February 14 1972) | Birth | Hiroshi, Japanese comedian | |
| February 14th, 1972 (February 14 1972) | Birth | Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress | |
| February 14th, 1972 (February 14 1972) | Birth | Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty) | |
| February 14th, 1971 (February 14 1971) | Birth | Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host | |
| February 14th, 1971 (February 14 1971) | Birth | Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer | |
| February 14th, 1971 (February 14 1971) | Birth | Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler | |
| February 14th, 1970 (February 14 1970) | Birth | Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist | |
| February 14th, 1970 (February 14 1970) | Birth | Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor | |
| February 14th, 1970 (February 14 1970) | Death | Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (born in 1880). | |
| February 14th, 1969 (February 14 1969) | Birth | Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach volleyball player | |
| February 14th, 1969 (February 14 1969) | Birth | Harry Colon, American football player | |
| February 14th, 1969 (February 14 1969) | Death | Vito Genovese, American gangster (born in 1897) | |
| February 14th, 1968 (February 14 1968) | Birth | Jules Asner, American television personality | |
| February 14th, 1967 (February 14 1967) | Birth | Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player | |
| February 14th, 1967 (February 14 1967) | Birth | Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur | |
| February 14th, 1967 (February 14 1967) | Death | Sig Ruman, German-American actor (born in 1884) | |
| February 14th, 1966 (February 14 1966) | Event | Australian currency is decimalised. | |
| February 14th, 1966 (February 14 1966) | Birth | Petr Svoboda, National Hockey League player | |
| February 14th, 1964 (February 14 1964) | Birth | Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist | |
| February 14th, 1964 (February 14 1964) | Birth | Zach Galligan, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1963 (February 14 1963) | Birth | Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor | |
| February 14th, 1962 (February 14 1962) | Event | First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. | |
| February 14th, 1962 (February 14 1962) | Birth | Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (died in 2002) | |
| February 14th, 1962 (February 14 1962) | Birth | Michael Higgs, English actor | |
| February 14th, 1962 (February 14 1962) | Birth | Philippe Sella, French rugby player | |
| February 14th, 1962 (February 14 1962) | Birth | Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress | Saki Quotes |
| February 14th, 1961 (February 14 1961) | Event | Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. | |
| February 14th, 1961 (February 14 1961) | Birth | Phillip Hamilton, American author | |
| February 14th, 1961 (February 14 1961) | Birth | Latifa, Tunisian singer | |
| February 14th, 1960 (February 14 1960) | Birth | Jim Kelly, American football player | |
| February 14th, 1960 (February 14 1960) | Birth | Meg Tilly, Canadian actress | |
| February 14th, 1959 (February 14 1959) | Birth | Renee Fleming, American soprano | |
| February 14th, 1959 (February 14 1959) | Death | Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (born in 1898) | |
| February 14th, 1958 (February 14 1958) | Birth | Enrique Mansilla, Argentine racing driver | |
| February 14th, 1958 (February 14 1958) | Birth | Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer | |
| February 14th, 1958 (February 14 1958) | Death | Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (born in 1899) | |
| February 14th, 1957 (February 14 1957) | Birth | Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs | |
| February 14th, 1957 (February 14 1957) | Birth | Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano | |
| February 14th, 1956 (February 14 1956) | Event | The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin s crimes in a secret speech. | Nikita Khrushchev Quotes |
| February 14th, 1955 (February 14 1955) | Birth | Ronald Desruelles, Belgian athlete | |
| February 14th, 1955 (February 14 1955) | Birth | James Eckhouse, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1955 (February 14 1955) | Birth | Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler | |
| February 14th, 1952 (February 14 1952) | Birth | Nancy Keenan, current NARAL president | |
| February 14th, 1952 (February 14 1952) | Death | Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (born in 1896) | |
| February 14th, 1951 (February 14 1951) | Birth | Kevin Keegan, English footballer | |
| February 14th, 1951 (February 14 1951) | Birth | JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater | |
| February 14th, 1950 (February 14 1950) | Birth | Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart) | |
| February 14th, 1950 (February 14 1950) | Death | Karl Guthe Jansky, American Discoverer of cosmic radio waves (born in 1905) | |
| February 14th, 1949 (February 14 1949) | Event | The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time. | |
| February 14th, 1949 (February 14 1949) | Event | The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. | |
| February 14th, 1949 (February 14 1949) | Death | Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (born in 1901) | |
| February 14th, 1948 (February 14 1948) | Birth | Pat O Brien, American sportscaster and television host | |
| February 14th, 1948 (February 14 1948) | Birth | Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller) | |
| February 14th, 1948 (February 14 1948) | Death | Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (born in 1876) | |
| February 14th, 1947 (February 14 1947) | Birth | Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (died in 1975) | |
| February 14th, 1947 (February 14 1947) | Birth | Judd Gregg, American politician, senior senator from New Hampshire | |
| February 14th, 1946 (February 14 1946) | Event | The Bank of England is nationalized. | |
| February 14th, 1946 (February 14 1946) | Birth | Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (died in 2003) | |
| February 14th, 1946 (February 14 1946) | Birth | Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (died in 2003) | |
| February 14th, 1945 (February 14 1945) | Event | World War II: On the second day of the bombing of Dresden , the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. | |
| February 14th, 1945 (February 14 1945) | Event | World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden. | |
| February 14th, 1945 (February 14 1945) | Event | President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship. | |
| February 14th, 1945 (February 14 1945) | Event | World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans. | |
| February 14th, 1945 (February 14 1945) | Birth | Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein | |
| February 14th, 1944 (February 14 1944) | Event | World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. | |
| February 14th, 1944 (February 14 1944) | Birth | Carl Bernstein, American journalist | Carl Bernstein Quotes |
| February 14th, 1944 (February 14 1944) | Birth | Alan Parker, British film director and writer | |
| February 14th, 1944 (February 14 1944) | Birth | Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (died in 1978) | |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Event | World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. | |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of the Kasserine PassGerman General Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Birth | Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk) | |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Birth | Aaron Russo, American movie producer (died in 2007) | |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Death | Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (born in 1899) | |
| February 14th, 1943 (February 14 1943) | Death | David Hilbert, German mathematician (born in 1862) | |
| February 14th, 1942 (February 14 1942) | Event | Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. | |
| February 14th, 1942 (February 14 1942) | Birth | Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City | |
| February 14th, 1942 (February 14 1942) | Birth | Andrew Robinson, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1942 (February 14 1942) | Birth | Ricardo Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (died in 1962) | |
| February 14th, 1942 (February 14 1942) | Death | Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (born in 1915) | |
| February 14th, 1941 (February 14 1941) | Birth | Donna Shalala, American educator | |
| February 14th, 1941 (February 14 1941) | Birth | Paul Tsongas, United States Senator from Massachusetts (died in 1997) | |
| February 14th, 1936 (February 14 1936) | Birth | Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer and focus of a 1974 scandal involving Congressman Wilbur Mills. | |
| February 14th, 1936 (February 14 1936) | Birth | Andrew Prine, American actor | |
| February 14th, 1934 (February 14 1934) | Birth | Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor | |
| February 14th, 1934 (February 14 1934) | Birth | Florence Henderson, American actress | |
| February 14th, 1933 (February 14 1933) | Birth | Madhubala, Indian actress (died in 1969) | |
| February 14th, 1932 (February 14 1932) | Birth | Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director | |
| February 14th, 1931 (February 14 1931) | Birth | Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (died in 2006) | |
| February 14th, 1931 (February 14 1931) | Birth | Brian Kelly, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 14th, 1931 (February 14 1931) | Birth | Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters) | |
| February 14th, 1929 (February 14 1929) | Event | St. Valentine s Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois. | Al Capone Quotes |
| February 14th, 1929 (February 14 1929) | Birth | Vic Morrow, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| February 14th, 1929 (February 14 1929) | Death | Tom Burke, American runner (born in 1875) | |
| February 14th, 1927 (February 14 1927) | Birth | Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (died in 2007) | |
| February 14th, 1924 (February 14 1924) | Event | The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded. | |
| February 14th, 1922 (February 14 1922) | Birth | Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (died in 1982) | |
| February 14th, 1922 (February 14 1922) | Death | Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (born in 1880) | |
| February 14th, 1921 (February 14 1921) | Birth | Hugh Downs, American television host | |
| February 14th, 1920 (February 14 1920) | Event | The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois. | |
| February 14th, 1919 (February 14 1919) | Event | The Polish-Soviet War begins. | |
| February 14th, 1918 (February 14 1918) | Event | The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar). | Julian Quotes |
| February 14th, 1917 (February 14 1917) | Birth | Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, Nobel Prize Laureate | |
| February 14th, 1916 (February 14 1916) | Birth | Marcel Bigeard, French general | |
| February 14th, 1916 (February 14 1916) | Birth | Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (died in 1996) | Saki Quotes |
| February 14th, 1916 (February 14 1916) | Birth | Edward Platt, American actor (died in 1974) | |
| February 14th, 1914 (February 14 1914) | Birth | Margarete Mewes, Nazi overseer at concentration camp | |
| February 14th, 1914 (February 14 1914) | Birth | Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (died in 2007) | |
| February 14th, 1913 (February 14 1913) | Birth | Mel Allen, American sports reporter (died in 1996) | |
| February 14th, 1913 (February 14 1913) | Birth | Woody Hayes, American college football coach (died in 1987) | |
| February 14th, 1913 (February 14 1913) | Birth | Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (disappeared 1975) | |
| February 14th, 1912 (February 14 1912) | Event | Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. | |
| February 14th, 1912 (February 14 1912) | Event | In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. | |
| February 14th, 1912 (February 14 1912) | Birth | Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (died in 1988) | |
| February 14th, 1904 (February 14 1904) | Birth | Charles Oatley, Professor of electrical engineering, (scanning electron microscope), (died in 1996) | |
| February 14th, 1904 (February 14 1904) | Birth | Hertta Kuusinen, Finnish communist (died in 1974) | |
| February 14th, 1903 (February 14 1903) | Event | The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor). | |
| February 14th, 1903 (February 14 1903) | Birth | Stu Erwin, American actor (died in 1967) | |
| February 14th, 1902 (February 14 1902) | Birth | Thelma Ritter, American actress (died in 1969) | |
| February 14th, 1900 (February 14 1900) | Event | Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. | |
| February 14th, 1900 (February 14 1900) | Event | Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. | |
| February 14th, 1899 (February 14 1899) | Event | Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. | |
| February 14th, 1898 (February 14 1898) | Birth | Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died in 1974) | |
| February 14th, 1895 (February 14 1895) | Birth | Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died in 1973) | Philo Quotes |
| February 14th, 1894 (February 14 1894) | Birth | Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (died in 1974) | Jack Benny Quotes |
| February 14th, 1894 (February 14 1894) | Death | Eugene Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (born in 1814) | |
| February 14th, 1892 (February 14 1892) | Birth | Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (died in 1948) | |
| February 14th, 1891 (February 14 1891) | Death | William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (born in 1820) | William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes |
| February 14th, 1890 (February 14 1890) | Birth | Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (died in 1956) | |
| February 14th, 1885 (February 14 1885) | Birth | Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (died in 1949) | Philo Quotes |
| February 14th, 1885 (February 14 1885) | Death | Jules Valles, French writer (born in 1832) | |
| February 14th, 1884 (February 14 1884) | Birth | Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor, film director (died in 1947) | |
| February 14th, 1884 (February 14 1884) | Birth | Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (died in 1952) | |
| February 14th, 1884 (February 14 1884) | Birth | Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (died in 1974) | |
| February 14th, 1884 (February 14 1884) | Birth | Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (died in 1972) | |
| February 14th, 1881 (February 14 1881) | Death | Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (born in 1812) | |
| February 14th, 1879 (February 14 1879) | Event | The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta. | |
| February 14th, 1876 (February 14 1876) | Event | Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. | Alexander Graham Bell Quotes |
| February 14th, 1871 (February 14 1871) | Birth | Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (died in 1959) | |
| February 14th, 1870 (February 14 1870) | Death | St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (born in 1815) | |
| February 14th, 1869 (February 14 1869) | Birth | Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1959) | |
| February 14th, 1859 (February 14 1859) | Event | Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. | |
| February 14th, 1859 (February 14 1859) | Birth | George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer and inventor (died in 1896) | George Washington Quotes |
| February 14th, 1856 (February 14 1856) | Birth | Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (died in 1931) | Frank Harris Quotes |
| February 14th, 1855 (February 14 1855) | Event | Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. | |
| February 14th, 1849 (February 14 1849) | Event | In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. | |
| February 14th, 1848 (February 14 1848) | Birth | Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (died in 1934) | |
| February 14th, 1847 (February 14 1847) | Birth | Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (died in 1919) | |
| February 14th, 1847 (February 14 1847) | Birth | Maria Pia of Italy, queen of Portugal (died in 1911) | |
| February 14th, 1846 (February 14 1846) | Birth | Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. (died in 1901) | Julian Quotes |
| February 14th, 1838 (February 14 1838) | Birth | Margaret Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (died in 1914) | |
| February 14th, 1835 (February 14 1835) | Event | The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio. | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| February 14th, 1831 (February 14 1831) | Event | Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. | |
| February 14th, 1831 (February 14 1831) | Death | Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero (born in 1782) | |
| February 14th, 1831 (February 14 1831) | Death | Henry Maudslay, English inventor (born in 1771) | |
| February 14th, 1828 (February 14 1828) | Birth | Edmond Francois Valentin About, French writer (died in 1885) | |
| February 14th, 1824 (February 14 1824) | Birth | Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War Union general (died in 1886) | |
| February 14th, 1819 (February 14 1819) | Birth | Joshua A. Norton, American eccentric (died in 1880) | |
| February 14th, 1819 (February 14 1819) | Birth | Christopher Sholes, American inventor (died in 1890) | |
| February 14th, 1812 (February 14 1812) | Birth | Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (died in 1846) | |
| February 14th, 1808 (February 14 1808) | Death | John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (born in 1732) | |
| February 14th, 1804 (February 14 1804) | Event | Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. | |
| February 14th, 1803 (February 14 1803) | Event | Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void. | John Marshall Quotes |
| February 14th, 1800 (February 14 1800) | Birth | Emory Washburn, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1877) | |
| February 14th, 1797 (February 14 1797) | Event | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. VincentJohn Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar. | Horatio Nelson Quotes |
| February 14th, 1788 (February 14 1788) | Birth | Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (died in 1839) | |
| February 14th, 1780 (February 14 1780) | Death | William Blackstone, English jurist (born in 1723) | William Blackstone Quotes |
| February 14th, 1779 (February 14 1779) | Event | James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. | |
| February 14th, 1779 (February 14 1779) | Death | James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (born in 1728) | |
| February 14th, 1778 (February 14 1778) | Event | The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. | John Paul Jones Quotes |
| February 14th, 1763 (February 14 1763) | Birth | Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died in 1813) | |
| February 14th, 1744 (February 14 1744) | Death | John Hadley, inventor (born in 1682) | |
| February 14th, 1743 (February 14 1743) | Event | Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister. | |
| February 14th, 1737 (February 14 1737) | Death | Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born in 1685) | |
| February 14th, 1714 (February 14 1714) | Death | Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (born in 1688) | |
| February 14th, 1701 (February 14 1701) | Birth | Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (died in 1773) | |
| February 14th, 1692 (February 14 1692) | Birth | Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussee, French writer (died in 1754) | |
| February 14th, 1680 (February 14 1680) | Birth | John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (died in 1737) | |
| February 14th, 1676 (February 14 1676) | Death | Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist | Abraham Quotes |
| February 14th, 1602 (February 14 1602) | Birth | Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died in 1676) | |
| February 14th, 1571 (February 14 1571) | Death | Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (born in 1517) | |
| February 14th, 1556 (February 14 1556) | Event | Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. | |
| February 14th, 1483 (February 14 1483) | Birth | Babur, Moghul emperor of India (died in 1530) | |
| February 14th, 1468 (February 14 1468) | Birth | Johann Werner, German mathematician (died in 1522) | |
| February 14th, 1405 (February 14 1405) | Death | Timur, Mongol conqueror (born in 1336) | |
| February 14th, 1404 (February 14 1404) | Birth | Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter and philosopher (died in 1472) | Leone Battista Alberti Quotes |
| February 14th, 1400 (February 14 1400) | Death | King Richard II of England (murdered) (born in 1367) | |
| February 14th, 1349 (February 14 1349) | Event | Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg. | |
| February 14th, 1317 (February 14 1317) | Death | Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (born in 1282) | |
| February 14th, 1076 (February 14 1076) | Event | Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| February 14th, 1014 (February 14 1014) | Event | Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany. | |
| February 14th, 1009 (February 14 1009) | Event | First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. | |
| February 14th, 0869 (February 14 0869) | Death | Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (born in 827) | |
| February 14th, 0842 (February 14 0842) | Event | Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. | |
| February 14th, 0270 (February 14 0270) | Death | St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273). | |
