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02-13-2014, 08:14 PM
jseal
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February 14th
1895
~
First performance of Oscar Wilde's last play "
The Importance of Being Earnest
”.
1929
~
The
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
took place in a Chicago garage.
1943
~
Death of David Hilbert, Mathematician & Physicist. Interestingly, one of his doctoral students was Emanuel Lasker, who was World Chess Champion for 27 years.
1945
~
U.S.
President Roosevelt met with King Ibn Saud
of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the US-Saudi diplomatic relationship.
1950
~
Death of Karl Jansky, Discoverer of cosmic radio waves.
1962
~
Birthday of
Porsche Lynn
, Dominatrix and Porn Actress.
1989
~
The first of the 24 Global Positioning System satellites was placed into orbit.
1989
~
Iran's
Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie
, author of ''The Satanic Verses,'' a novel Khomeini condemned as blasphemous.
2003
~
Death of
Dolly the sheep
, the world's first cloned mammal.
Feastdays
&
Holidays
Catholicism ~ Feast day of
Saint Valentine
.
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