February 14 - This day in History

February 14: General Interest
278: St. Valentine beheaded

On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Patriots defeat Loyalists at Kettle Creek
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriots-defeat-loyalists-at-kettle-creek


Automotive
1867 : Toyota patriarch born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toyota-patriarch-born


Civil War
1864 : Union General Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sherman-enters-meridian-mississippi


Cold War
1989 : Sandinistas agree to free elections
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandinistas-agree-to-free-elections


Crime
1929 : The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-st-valentines-day-massacre


Disaster
2000 : Tornadoes sweep through southern Georgia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tornadoes-sweep-through-southern-georgia


General Interest
1779 : Captain Cook killed in Hawaii
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/captain-cook-killed-in-hawaii

1929 : Valentine's Day Massacre takes place
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/valentines-day-massacre

1929 : Penicillin discovered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/penicillin-discovered


Hollywood
1938 : Hedda Hopper's first column appears in the L.A. Times
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hedda-hoppers-first-column-appears-in-the-la-times


Literary
1842 : The Boz Ball celebrates Dickens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boz-ball-celebrates-dickens


Music
1977 : The B-52's play their first gig
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-b-5239s-play-their-first-gig


Old West
1886 : First trainload of oranges leaves Los Angeles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-trainload-of-oranges-leaves-los-angeles


Presidential
1884 : Theodore Roosevelt's wife and mother die
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelts-wife-and-mother-die


Sports
1988 : Olympic speed skater Jansen falls after sister dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/olympic-speed-skater-jansen-falls-after-sister-dies


Vietnam War
1962 : Kennedy authorizes U.S. advisors to fire in self-defense
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-authorizes-us-advisors-to-fire-in-self-defense

1970 : Gallup Poll released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gallup-poll-released


World War I
1919 : Wilson presents draft covenant for League of Nations
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-presents-draft-covenant-for-league-of-nations


World War II
1943 : Battle of the Kasserine Pass
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-kasserine-pass