On this Day: February 14

Historically, this day is not all about love.  If you don't wish to celebrate Valentine's Day, feel free to enjoy one of the others below.  Me?  I'm celebrating Penicillin Day!

 

Lead Story

St. Valentine beheaded, 278

American Revolution

Patriots defeat Loyalists at Kettle Creek, 1779

Automotive

Toyota patriarch born, 1867

Civil War

Union General Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi, 1864

Cold War

Sandinistas agree to free elections, 1989

Crime

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, 1929

Disaster

Tornadoes sweep through southern Georgia, 2000

General Interest

Captain Cook killed in Hawaii, 1779

Valentine's Day Massacre takes place, 1929

Penicillin discovered, 1929

Hollywood

Hedda Hopper’s first column appears in the L.A. Times, 1938

Literary

The Boz Ball celebrates Dickens, 1842

Music

The B-52's play their first gig, 1977

Old West

First trainload of oranges leaves Los Angeles, 1886

Presidential

Theodore Roosevelt's wife and mother die, 1884

Sports

Olympic speed skater Jansen falls after sister dies, 1988

Vietnam War

Kennedy authorizes U.S. advisors to fire in self-defense, 1962

Gallup Poll released, 1970

World War I

Wilson presents draft covenant for League of Nations, 1919

World War II

Battle of the Kasserine Pass, 1943