February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
Love is the expression of one’s values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
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National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
Feast Day of Saint Valentine, patron saint of lovers; invoked against epilepsy, plague, and fainting diseases
Many flowers express love in some way or other. They are popular for Valentine’s Day, but may be better for your budget than a dozen roses. Here is a partial list:
Roses: The red rose is the universal symbol of romantic love.
Forget-Me-Not – These perennial flowers are a song of love or friendship. Pretty blue flowers are irresistible.
Love-In-A-Mist – When you are in love, you’re on Cloud Nine.
Cyclamen – This popular Valentine’s Day gift has heart-shaped leaves. The most popular are varieties are those with red flowers.
February 14, 1779 – James Cook was killed by local people in the Hawaiian Islands.
1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk became the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
Oregon Statehood Day, on February 14, 1859 Oregon became the thirty-third state
- Capital: Salem
- Nickname: Beaver State
- Bird: Western Meadowlark
- Flower: Oregon Grape
- Tree: Douglas Fir
- Motto: The Union
See our page on Oregon for more interesting facts and trivia about Oregon
On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
Admission Day in Arizona , the forty-eighth state; admitted in 1912
- Capital: Phoenix
- Nickname: Grand Canyon State
- Bird: Cactus Wren
- Flower: Saguaro cactus blossom
- Tree: Paloverde
- Motto: God Enriches
See our page on the state of Arizona for more interesting facts and trivia about Arizona.
In 1924 the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, were murdered in Chicago, Illinois.