The more important February 14th events!
Here's the post you've all been waiting for, a list of all the much more interesting and important things that have happened on this day in history. And remember, kids, tomorrow is the national holiday of discounted chocolate (and the only time to get awesome heart-shaped boxes you can put the engagement ring/birthday present/anytime gift in)! My love to you all...:-)
Random events:
1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1946 - ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
Births:
1818 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919)
1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (presumed d. 1975)
1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)
1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano
1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor
1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes)
1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor
Deaths:
1317 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1779 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820)
1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
2003 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
2010 - Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (b. 1920)
Random events:
1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1946 - ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
Births:
1818 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919)
1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (presumed d. 1975)
1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)
1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano
1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor
1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes)
1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor
Deaths:
1317 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1779 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820)
1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
2003 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
2010 - Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (b. 1920)