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St. Valentine's Day

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Valentine's Day

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Library Lovers Day

Feb14Wednesday

Statehood Day in Arizona

United States (Arizona)
Feb14Wednesday

National Organ Donor Day

Feb14Wednesday

National Ferris Wheel Day

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National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day

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Ash Wednesday

Feb14Wednesday

Carnival/Ash Wednesday

Feb14Wednesday

Carnival end (until 2pm)

Feb14Wednesday

Spring Festival Golden Week holiday

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Chinese New Year Holiday 4

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Tet holiday

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week

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 33rd United States’ State.
  • 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray file for a patent on the telephone.
  • 1912: Arizona becomes the 48th 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.

Famous Birthdays on February 14

  • American actor John Barrymore is born in 1882.
  • American aviator Katherine Stinson is born in 1891.
  • American actor Stuart Erwin is born in 1903.
  • American economist and Nobel Prize laureate Eugene Fama is born in 1939.
  • American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen is born in 1943.
  • American magician Teller is born in 1948.
  • American actress Meg Tilly is born in 1960.
  • American singer-songwriter Rob Thomas is born in 1972.
  • American baseball player Brad Halsey is born in 1981.
  • Canadian curler Emma Miskew is born in 1989.
  • English actor Freddie Highmore is born in 1992.
  • American singer-songwriter Shane Harper is born in 1993.