On This Day - February 14th

Featured Event:

Valentine's day 💘

Valentine's Day is based on the legend that Valentine had signed a letter to his jailer's daughter, with whom he had fallen in love, “from your Valentine.”

Other Events:

1779: Captain James Cook was killed by Hawaiians in a dispute over the theft of a cutter. 🔪

1876: Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone ☎️

1991: The psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs was released in American theatres 📽️

2005: YouTube was founded 🖥️

Holidays:

Statehood day 🇺🇸 (Arizona and Oregon)

Parent's Worship Day 🇮🇳

Featured Birthdays:

1817: Frederick Douglas 🇺🇸 (Abolitionist)

1867: Sakichi Toyoda 🇯🇵 (Inventor)

1942: Michael Bloomberg 🇺🇸 (Businessman and Politician)

1992: Freddie Highmore 🇬🇧 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1779: James Cook 🇬🇧 (Explorer)

1943: David Hilbert 🇩🇪 (Mathematician)

1975 Sir Julian Huxley 🇬🇧 (Biologist)

2003: Dolly the Sheep 🐑 (Sheep)