14TH
FEBRUARY
ST VALENTINES DAY.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN THE BAPTIST OF THE
CONCEPTION; ST ANTONINUS OF SORRENTO; ST MARO; ST ABRAHAM OF CARRHAE; ST ADOLF OF
OSNABRUCK; ST AUXENTIUS; SAINTS CYRIL, & METHODIUS; & ST CONRAN." |
| 14TH |
1349 |
2,000 JEWS BURNED AT THE STAKE IN STRASBOURG, GERMANY. |
| 14TH |
1779 |
"CAPTAIN JAMES COOK," IS
STABBED TO DEATH BY NATIVES IN HAWAII. |
| 14TH |
1797 |
"HORATIO NELSON" DEFEATS THE SPANISH FLEET. |
| 14TH |
1876 |
INVENTORS, "ALEXANDER GRAHAM
BELL," AND "ELISHA GRAY," APPLY SEPARATELY FOR PATENTS RELATING TO THE
TELEPHONE; THE U.S. SUPREME COURT EVENTUALLY RULED IN FAVOUR OF "BELL." |
| 14TH |
1880 |
PUBLIC OUTRAGE SAW 937 COPIES OF THE OBSCENE, LIBELLOUS,
PUBLICATION, "FIREBRAND," SEIZED BY POLICE FROM THE NEWSPAPER’S OFFICE IN,
LITTLE COLLIN ST, MELBOURNE. |
| 14TH |
1896 |
THE BRISBANE FERRY STEAMER
"PEARL" CAPSIZED IN THE BRISBANE RIVER KILLING 28 PASSENGERS. |
| 14TH |
1916 |
15,000 TROOPS JOINED A MUTINY AT LIVERPOOL N.S.W. WHICH HAS
SEEN 1 MAN KILLED AND 6 WOUNDED IN DEFIANCE OF INCREASED TRAINING HOURS. |
| 14TH |
1918 |
USSR ADOPTS THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR. |
| 14TH |
1929 |
"AL CAPONE" ORDERS HIS MEN TO CARRY OUT THE
NOTORIOUS, "ST VALENTINES MASSACRE, " IN CHICAGO, IN WHICH 7 MEMBERS OF
"BUGSY MORAN’S" GANG WERE GUNNED DOWN IN A WAREHOUSE. |
| 14TH |
1936 |
THE BRISBANE BRIDGE AT INDOOROOPILLY IS
OPENED. |
| 14TH |
1944 |
A GERMAN-CREWED, EX-ITALIAN SUBMARINE, IT-23, IS SUNK
BY THE SUBMARINE, HMS TALLY HO. |
| 14TH |
1952 |
U.S. COMEDIAN, "JOEY ADAMS"
MARRIES "CINDY HELLER." |
| 14TH |
1952 |
6TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN OSLO. |
| 14TH |
1966 |
DECIMAL CURRENCY, "DOLLARS &
CENTS" REPLACES "POUNDS ‘L’, SHILLINGS ‘S’, & PENCE
‘D’," AS AUSTRALIA’S CURRENCY. |
| 14TH |
1973 |
BOXER, "JOE BUGNER" IS BEATEN BY "MUHAMMAD
ALI" IN LAS VEGAS. |
| 14TH |
1980 |
THE 13TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN
LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK. |
| 14TH |
1984 |
SIX YEAR OLD, "STORMIE JONES" BECOMES THE
WORLD’S FIRST HEART-LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF
PITTSBURGH. |
| 14TH |
1988 |
‘GENERAL HOSPITAL’ STAR,
"JACKIE ZEMAN" MARRIES "GLENN GORDEN." |
| 14TH |
1989 |
"ROBIN GIVENS’ IS GRANTED A DIVORCE FROM BOXER,
"MIKE TYSON" IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. |
| 14TH |
1989 |
THE "AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI"
CALLS ON MUSLIMS TO KILL THE AUTHOR OF, "THE SATANIC VERSES," "SALMAN
RUSHDIE." |
| 14TH |
1989 |
UNION CARBIDE AGREES TO PAY $470 MILLION DAMAGES FOR BHOPOL
DISASTER. |
| 14TH |
1996 |
PAULINE HANSON" QUITS THE LIBERAL
PARTY. |
| 14TH |
1997 |
MELBOURNE TELEVISION PERSONALITY "EDDIE MAGUIRE"
MARRIED "CARLA." |
| 14TH |
2001 |
ACTRESS, "JENNIFER LOPEZ"
& RAP STAR "SEAN ‘PUFFY’ COMBS" END THEIR RELATIONSHIP, FOLLOWING
WEEKS OF DENIAL. |
| 14TH |
2001 |
THE BIKINI MADE FAMOUS BY "URSULA ANDRESS" WHEN SHE
EMERGED FROM THE SEA IN THE 1962 JAMES BOND MOVIE, "DR. NO," SOLD FOR $112,000
AT A CHRISTIES, BOND MEMORABILLA AUCTION, IN LONDON. |
| 14TH |
2001 |
A FOUR MAN JURY ORDERS THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH TO PAY FORMER STUDENT, "PAUL HOGAN" 30, OF RANDWICK, NSW, $2.5 MILLION
COMPENSATION FOR BEING STRAPPED ON THE HAND. |
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