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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 14
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Winfield Scott Hancock; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Florence Henderson in Dale, Indiana, USA; actress/singer (Carol - The Brady Bunch, Hollywood Squares).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Marlene Matthews in Australia; sprinter (Olympics-2 bronze-1956).
- 90th: 1934 - NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 80th: 1944 - Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Alan Parker; English actor/director (Bugsy Malone, Evita).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Bruce Summerhays in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA: PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 1991, 1993).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Carl Bernstein; Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate).
- 70th: 1954 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 70th: 1954 - First news broadcast televised in color, NBC TV's Meet the Press, with appearance by U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Darrick Brilz; NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Zack Galligan; actor (Momentum, Arthur's Quest).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Valente Rodriguez; actor (George Lopez).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Michael Lowery; NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Rob Jahrling; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - C S Dempster, cricket player (10 Tests for New Zealand, 723 runs), dies.
- 40th: 1984 - British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean score 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Ravel's Bolero in the 1984 Winter Olympics. They win the gold medal for ice dancing.
- 40th: 1984 - Paramount releases the film Footloose to theaters.
- 30th: 1994 - Alexander Golubev skates Olympics record 500 metre (36.33).
- 30th: 1994 - Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at age 61.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (born 1936).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Buddy Knox at age 65 from lung cancer in Bremerton, Washington, USA; rockabilly singer ("Party Doll" (1957)).
- 20th: 2004 - Riots break out between New South Wales Police and Aboriginal residents of Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
- 20th: 2004 - The roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.
- 15th: 2009 - Mike Green of the Washington Capitals sets an NHL record for a defenceman by scoring in his eighth consecutive game.
- 15th: 2009 - Bruce Springsteen's album "Working on a Dream" goes to No.1 on the Billboard album chart.
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