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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 1, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,408 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.
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 350 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 4,072 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 14 Historical 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.
- 1556 –Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
- 1797 –French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
- 1852 –Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
- 1859 –Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- 1946 –The Bank of England is nationalized.
- 1953 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1961 –Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
Who were born on February 14?
- 1913 –Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (presumed d. 1975)
- 1913 –Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
- 1957 –Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
- 1958 –Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer
- 1961 –Latifa, Tunisian singer
- 1962 –Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
- 1967 –Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1971 –Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host
- 1979 –Paolo Ginestra, Italian footballer
- 1986 –Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress
Who died on February 14?
- 1676 –Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
- 1808 –John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
- 1943 –Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
- 1948 –Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (b. 1876)
- 1970 –Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b. 1880).
- 1999 –Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2005 –Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex, Greek novelist and journalist (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
- 2009 –John McGlinn, American conductor (b. 1953)
- 2009 –Sir Bernard Ashley, Welsh businessman (b. 1926)
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