February 14
1859 - Oregon became the 33rd state.
1876 - Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. (The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.)
1912 - Arizona became the 48th state.
1913 - Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana.
1920 - The League of Women Voters was founded.
1924 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. of New York was formally renamed International Business Machines Corp., or IBM.
1929 - Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in Chicago.
1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian forces reached the Rhine River in Germany.
1984 - Six-year-old Stormie Jones became the world’s first heart-liver transplant recipient when the surgery was performed at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," a novel condemned as blasphemous.
2001 - The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state's science curriculum.
2003 - Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was euthanized because of incurable lung cancer.
2018 - A gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., killing 17 people in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since the attack in Newtown, Conn., more than five years earlier. (Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in October 2021 and was sentenced in November 2022 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2022 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Birthdays
24 - Harry Holland (actor)
26 - Madison Iseman (actress)
29 - Becky Hill (singer)
31 - Freddie Highmore (actor)
33 - Brett Dier (actor)
36 - Justina Valentine (rapper)
37 - Tiffany Thornton (actress)
37 - Jake Lacy (actor)
39 - Stephanie Leonidas (actress)
39 - Matt Barr (actor)
45 - Danai Gurira (actress)
51 - Drew Bledsoe (football player)
51 - Rob Thomas (singer)
53 - Simon Pegg (actor)
59 - Zach Galligan (actor)
62 - Dwayne Wiggins (singer)
63 - Jim Kelly (football player)
63 - Meg Tilly (actress)
66 - Ken Wahl (actor)
75 - Teller (magician)
75 - Pat O'Brien (TV host)
79 - Carl Bernstein (journalist)
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Today in Sports History - February 14
1934 - The NHL held its first All-Star Game as a benefit for injured NHL star Ace Bailey. Toronto played against a team of All-Stars from the seven other teams in the league.
1966 - Rick Mount of Lebanon, IN, became the first high school, male athlete to be pictured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".
1966 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers set a National Basketball Association record when he reached a career high of 20,884 points after seven NBA seasons.
1971 - Richard Petty wins his third Daytona 500 on his way to winning the inaugural Winston Cup title.
1990 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) ended his 46-game scoring streak. The streak was the second-longest in NHL history.
1995 - The Portland Trail Blazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets.
2002 - Greco Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner was stranded 17 hours outside in temperatures that reached 25 below zero. When he was found his body temperature was 88 and his feet were frozen. On March 28, 2002, Gardner had the middle two toes on his right foot amputated due to frostbite.
2004 - Sean Burke (Philadelphia Flyers) got his 300th win. Burke was the 20th goalie to reach the milestone.
2013 - Double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa; he was later convicted of murder and is serving a 13-year prison term.
2019 - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook records a triple-double in an NBA record 11th consecutive game.
1859 - Oregon became the 33rd state.
1876 - Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. (The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.)
1912 - Arizona became the 48th state.
1913 - Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana.
1920 - The League of Women Voters was founded.
1924 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. of New York was formally renamed International Business Machines Corp., or IBM.
1929 - Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in Chicago.
1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian forces reached the Rhine River in Germany.
1984 - Six-year-old Stormie Jones became the world’s first heart-liver transplant recipient when the surgery was performed at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," a novel condemned as blasphemous.
2001 - The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state's science curriculum.
2003 - Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was euthanized because of incurable lung cancer.
2018 - A gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., killing 17 people in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since the attack in Newtown, Conn., more than five years earlier. (Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in October 2021 and was sentenced in November 2022 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2022 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Birthdays
24 - Harry Holland (actor)
26 - Madison Iseman (actress)
29 - Becky Hill (singer)
31 - Freddie Highmore (actor)
33 - Brett Dier (actor)
36 - Justina Valentine (rapper)
37 - Tiffany Thornton (actress)
37 - Jake Lacy (actor)
39 - Stephanie Leonidas (actress)
39 - Matt Barr (actor)
45 - Danai Gurira (actress)
51 - Drew Bledsoe (football player)
51 - Rob Thomas (singer)
53 - Simon Pegg (actor)
59 - Zach Galligan (actor)
62 - Dwayne Wiggins (singer)
63 - Jim Kelly (football player)
63 - Meg Tilly (actress)
66 - Ken Wahl (actor)
75 - Teller (magician)
75 - Pat O'Brien (TV host)
79 - Carl Bernstein (journalist)
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Today in Sports History - February 14
1934 - The NHL held its first All-Star Game as a benefit for injured NHL star Ace Bailey. Toronto played against a team of All-Stars from the seven other teams in the league.
1966 - Rick Mount of Lebanon, IN, became the first high school, male athlete to be pictured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".
1966 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers set a National Basketball Association record when he reached a career high of 20,884 points after seven NBA seasons.
1971 - Richard Petty wins his third Daytona 500 on his way to winning the inaugural Winston Cup title.
1990 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) ended his 46-game scoring streak. The streak was the second-longest in NHL history.
1995 - The Portland Trail Blazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets.
2002 - Greco Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner was stranded 17 hours outside in temperatures that reached 25 below zero. When he was found his body temperature was 88 and his feet were frozen. On March 28, 2002, Gardner had the middle two toes on his right foot amputated due to frostbite.
2004 - Sean Burke (Philadelphia Flyers) got his 300th win. Burke was the 20th goalie to reach the milestone.
2013 - Double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa; he was later convicted of murder and is serving a 13-year prison term.
2019 - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook records a triple-double in an NBA record 11th consecutive game.
