February 14
1859
Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.
1912
Arizona became the 48th state in the United States.
1920
The League of Women Voters was founded.
1929
Members of Al Capone’s gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
1989
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
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.
Birthdays
Anna Shaw
1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader.
George Jean Nathan
editor and drama critic (1882)
Katherine Stinson
pioneering pilot (1891)
Jack Benny
comedian (1894)
Florence Henderson
actress (1934)
Donna Shalala
educator, public official (1941)
Michael Bloomberg
businessman and politician (1942)
Gregory Hines
dancer, actor (1946)
Jim Kelly
Football QB (1960)