All Events

Historical Events on February 14

  • American Revolutionary War

    1779

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

  • Texas

    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.

  • Soviet Union

    1918

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

  • Polish-Soviet War

    1919

    The Polish-Soviet War begins.

  • World War II

    1943

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

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    1945

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

  • Iran

    1989

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

  • Al-Qaeda

    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.

  • Arab Spring

    2011

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

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