Historical events on February 14
FEBRUARY 14, 1943
World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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FEBRUARY 14, 2005
The online video platform YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by
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FEBRUARY 14, 1852
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.
Great Ormond Street Hospital is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part
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FEBRUARY 14, 2008
A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.
The Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting that took place on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University (NIU)
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FEBRUARY 14, 1989
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.
Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian revolutionary, politician and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and
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FEBRUARY 14, 1804
Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
Đorđe Petrović, known by the sobriquet Karađorđe, was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the
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FEBRUARY 14, 1779
Native Hawaiians killed the English explorer Captain James Cook as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii.
On 14 February 1779, British explorer Captain James Cook was violently killed as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of
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FEBRUARY 14, 1779
American Revolutionary War: A militia of Patriots decisively defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta, Georgia.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the
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FEBRUARY 14, 1990
The NASA space probe Voyager 1 took Pale Blue Dot (detail pictured), a photograph of Earth from a record distance of 40.5 astronomical units (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space
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FEBRUARY 14, 1916
World War I: Britain, France and Russia made the declaration of Sainte-Adresse, stating they would refuse to sign any peace tretay with the Central Powers that failed to ensure the political and economic independence of Belgium.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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FEBRUARY 14, 1924
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) was a holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems; it was subsequently known as IBM.
FEBRUARY 14, 1992
Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.
Sri Temasek is a two-storey detached house built in 1869 which is sited within the grounds of the Istana in Singapore. During
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FEBRUARY 14, 1981
48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.
The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland, in the early hours
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FEBRUARY 14, 1938
The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and
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FEBRUARY 14, 1961
Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Lr and atomic number 103. It is named after Ernest Lawrence, inventor of
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FEBRUARY 14, 1895
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, once described as the second most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he
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FEBRUARY 14, 1655
Arauco War: The Mapuche carried out a series of coordinated attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile, beginning a ten-year period of warfare.
The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía region of Chile.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2007
The first of several bombings in Zahedan, Iran, killed 18 members of the Revolutionary Guards.
The 2007 Zahedan bombings occurred from 14–17 February in Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Iran. The first bombing occurred at 6:30 a.m. on February 14
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FEBRUARY 14, 1919
The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
The Battle of Bereza Kartuska was fought between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Russia around the village Bereza Kartuska first on
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FEBRUARY 14, 2005
The video-sharing web site YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees.
An online video platform (OVP) enables users to upload, convert, store, and play back video content on the Internet, often via a
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FEBRUARY 14, 1914
The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.
Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the first
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