February 14 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
St. Valentine's Day	-	Christian
St. Valentine's Day	Czech Republic	Observance
Valentine's Day	Multiple [Show]	Observance
Valentine's Day	Multiple [Show]	Observance
Library Lovers Day	-	Unofficial (Education & Reading)
Statehood Day in Arizona	United States (Arizona)	Local Observance
National Organ Donor Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause, Health & Body)
National Ferris Wheel Day	-	Unofficial (Products & Technology )
National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Football Hangover Day	-	Unofficial (Sports)
National Clean Out Your Computer Day	-	Unofficial (Products & Technology , Activity & Action)
Royal Hobart Regatta	Australia (Tasmania*)	State Holiday
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week	-	Unofficial (Work & Occupation)
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week	-	Unofficial (Lifestyle)
Take Your Family To School Week	-	Unofficial (Education & Reading, Relationships & Family)
National Condom Week	-	Unofficial (Health & Body)
Children Of Alcoholics Week	-	Unofficial (Health & Body, Relationships & Family)
National Jell-O Week	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
Random Acts Of Kindness Week	-	Unofficial (Activity & Action)
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week	-	Unofficial (Health & Body)

Historical Events on February 14

1778: The Flag of the United States is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel on this date for the first time. French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a 9-gun salute to the USS Ranger.
1779: In Georgia, the Battle of Kettle Creek begins during the American Revolutionary War.
1779: On the Island of Hawaii, James Cook is killed by natives.
1849:S President James Knox Polk becomes the first serving U.S President to have his photo taken. The picture is taken in New York City.
1859: Oregon becomes the Union’s 33^rd United States’ State.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray file for a patent on the telephone.
1912: Arizona becomes the 48^th United States’ State.
1912: The first class of diesel-powered subs are commissioned by the United States Navy.
1920: In Chicago, the League of Women Voters is first founded.
1924: The name of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company is changed to International Business Machines (IBM).
1929: 7 people are killed during the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. 6 of these people were rivals of Al Capone.
2000: The first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid – the spacecraft NEAR – begins orbit around asteroid 433 Eros.