February 14th in History
February 14th in History
- 1903: US Dept of Commerce and Labor is established
- 1924: Thomas Watson opens IBM
- 1929: The St Valentines Day Massacre, in Chicago, between rival gansters
- 1950: USSR and China sign peace treaty.
- 1963: First successful kidney transplant
February 14th birthdays
- 1766: Thomas Malthus, British philosopher.
- 1817: Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist.
- 1819: Christopher Sholes, American inventor of the typewriter
- 1894: Jack Benny, American actor
- 1944: Alan Parker, British director
- 1944: Carl Bernstein, American journalist (Watergate).
