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, 1,707,868,800 seconds 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
- 1014 –Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1349 –Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
- 1804 –Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1879 –The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
- 1903 –The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
- 1934 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1949 –The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
- 1949 –The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
- 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?
- 1680 –John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (d. 1737)
- 1778 –Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (d. 1841)
- 1884 –Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1952)
- 1937 –Magic Sam, American blues musician (d. 1969)
- 1961 –Phillip Hamilton, American author
- 1972 –Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler
- 1979 –Paolo Ginestra, Italian footballer
- 1983 –Bacary Sagna, French footballer
- 1985 –Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1985 –Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
Who died on February 14?
- 1571 –Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
- 1894 –Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
- 1952 –Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
- 1987 –Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908)
- 1989 –James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
- 1994 –Rodney Orr American racing driver (b. 1962)
- 1996 –Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919)
- 2002 –Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
- 2003 –Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
- 2011 –Sir George Shearing, Anglo-American jazz pianist (b. 1919)
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