February 14 in History

Historical Events on February 14

1779 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.

1855 Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.

1918 The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).

1919 The Polish-Soviet War begins.

1943 World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.

1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.

1989 Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

2005 Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.

2011 As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.

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Famous Birthdays on February 14

1882 John Barrymore

1942 Michael Bloomberg

1951 Kevin Keegan

1987 Edinson Cavani

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Famous Deaths on February 14

1779 James Cook

1891 William Tecumseh Sherman

1975 P. G. Wodehouse

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