Tukuk-OS📅 February 14
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 14? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2018 — An lone gunman shot and killed seventeen people and injured seventeen others in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Nikolas CruzParkland high school shootingMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School
- 2011 — Arab Spring: On the Day of Rage, Bahraini youths began an uprising against the government in 55 marches across 25 locations.
- 2008 — A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.
2008 Northern Illinois University shootingNorthern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, Illinois
- 2007 — The first of several bombings in Zahedan, Iran, killed 18 members of the Revolutionary Guards.
2007 Zahedan bombingsZahedanIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- 2005 — The online video platform YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
- 1992 — Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.
Sri TemasekPrime Minister of SingaporeNational monuments of Singapore
- 1990 — Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashed near Hindustan Airport during its approach to the airport, which resulted in 92 out of the 146 people on board being killed.
- 1990 — The NASA space probe Voyager 1 took Pale Blue Dot (detail pictured), a photograph of Earth from a record distance of 40.5 astronomical units (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).
- 1989 — Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.
- 1979 — Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.
Adolph DubsList of ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan
- 1961 — Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1943 — World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
- 1938 — The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.
- 1924 — The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording CompanyIBMList of public corporations by market capitalization
- 1919 — The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
- 1916 — World War I: Britain, France and Russia made the Declaration of Sainte-Adresse, stating that they would refuse to sign any peace treaty with the Central Powers that failed to ensure the political and economic independence of Belgium.
- 1914 — The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.
- 1895 — Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (production pictured), once described as the second-most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London.
- 1852 — The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.
- 1804 — Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1779 — Native Hawaiians killed the English explorer Captain James Cook as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii.
- 1779 — American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Kettle Creek, a militia of Patriots decisively defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta, Georgia.
American Revolutionary WarBattle of Kettle CreekMilitia (United States)
- 1655 — Arauco War: The Mapuche carried out a series of coordinated attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile, beginning a ten-year period of warfare.
Births
- 2002 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba, American football player
- 2000 — Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1999 — Tyler Adams, American soccer player
- 1997 — Jaehyun, South Korean singer and actor
- 1997 — Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer
- 1996 — Nikolaj Ehlers, Danish ice hockey player
- 1996 — Poasa Faamausili, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 — Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
- 1993 — Jadeveon Clowney, American football player
- 1993 — Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer
- 1992 — Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
- 1992 — Freddie Highmore, English actor
Deaths
- 2026 — Tom Noonan, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1951)
- 2021 — Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (born 1930)
- 2021 — William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1932)
- 2019 — Andrea Levy, English author (born 1956)
- 2018 — Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)
Ruud LubbersPrime Minister of the NetherlandsUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- 2018 — Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)
- 2016 — Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)
- 2016 — Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (born 1949)
- 2015 — Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921)
- 2015 — Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928)
- 2015 — Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920)
- 2014 — Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Eleuchadius
- Christian feast day: Manchan
- Christian feast day: Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)
- Christian feast day: Vicente Vilar David
- Christian feast day: February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the UnionArizona
- Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)
- Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)
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