Today, February 14, is the 45th day of the year on the Gregorian Calendar, with 319 days remaining (320 in leap year). The Zodiac sign for individuals born on this day is Aquarius. On this day in 1990 Space Probe Voyager I took a photo of the entire Solar System, in 1971 Texas Instruments received the first patent for a microchip, and in 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Jake LaMotta to become middleweight champion.http://www.todayinhistory.com/s75-2-14-event-results.html
Today in History
2010
Today is the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Tiger begins.http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
The Winter Olympics from Vancouver continues with Luge, Downhill, Combined Nordic and Women's Speed Skating as a few of the featured events during the day. Tonight the couples figure skating competition will be aired.http://www.nbcolympics.com/
The Daytona 500 is delayed more than once today, for a total of two and a half hours by a persistent pothole. It was patched and then it re-opened resulting in frustration for all involved. In the end Jamie McMurray won by holding off a surprising challenge by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/sports/autoracing/15nascar.html
The 2000s
- 2003: Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal died due to premature aging.
The 1900s
- 1989: In Iran the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing the novel Satanic Verses.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/14/newsid_2541000/2541149.stm
- 1945: Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joined The United Nations.
- 1912: Arizona became the 48th state to join the Union.
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Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
- 1982: Marian Gaborik - Minnesota Wild
- 1960: Jim Kelly - Buffalo Bills
- 1942: Michael Bloomberg - New York City Mayor
- 1894: Jack Benny - Entertainer
