Ah, February 14. For those of us with significant others, it’s a day for expressing exactly how much you appreciate and care for him/her. (See Valentine’s Day.) For those of us without significant others, it’s still an excellent day to express to those most important to us how great we think they are. (At the very least, this requires an e-card.) However, we understand that for a few out there, this is a day that seems wrought with way too much PDA to handle. To endulge this latter group, we’ve listed out a few other significant things that make this day memorable (besides roses, chocolates, and stuffed teddy bears).
- Lupercalia: a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through February 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility.
- Trifon Zarezan (Wine Grower’s Day) in Bulgaria
- Ballantine’s Day in Norway
- Arizona (1912, 48th) and Oregon (1859, 33rd) are admitted as states
- 1899: Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
- St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929): Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1989: The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System are placed into orbit.
- 1924: The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded.
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