Saint Valentine’s Day
Ferris Wheel Day: birth anniversary of inventor George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896).
Birth anniversaries of sports broadcaster comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974), football coach Woody Hayes (1913-87) and labor leader James Hoffa (1913-75?).
Happy Birthday! Teller, Meg Tilly
1903 - The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.
1932 - The U.S. won the first bobsled competition at the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, NY.
1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.
1962 - U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his novel "The Satanic Verses." (In 1998, the Iranian government rescinded the death sentence.)
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