What are the important events that happened on February 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 14 is the 45th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 320 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 1, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,192 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontapentagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 368 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,438 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 14 Historical Events
- 1859 –Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- 1876 –Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- 1920 –The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1924 –The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
- 1934 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1943 –World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
- 1945 –World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
- 1946 –The Bank of England is nationalized.
- 1956 –The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin’s crimes in a secret speech.
- 2004 –In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
Who were born on February 14?
- 1819 –Christopher Sholes, American inventor (d. 1890)
- 1913 –James Pike, American Episcopal bishop (d. 1969)
- 1945 –Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- 1955 –Carol Kalish, American publishing executive (d. 1991)
- 1955 –James Eckhouse, American actor
- 1961 –Phillip Hamilton, American author
- 1967 –Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1968 –Jules Asner, American television personality
- 1968 –Scott McClellan, American civil servant and 25th White House Press Secretary
- 1988 –Asia Nitollano, American dancer and reality show contestant
Who died on February 14?
- 1744 –John Hadley, inventor (b. 1682)
- 1942 –Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915)
- 1943 –David Hilbert, German mathematician (b. 1862)
- 1975 –Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887)
- 1994 –Christopher Lasch, American historian and social critic (b. 1932)
- 2003 –Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
- 2006 –Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
- 2006 –Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- 2009 –Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
- 2010 –Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (b. 1920)
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