1753-Valentine\s Day
1859-Oregon admitted as 33rd State
1876-Alexander Graham Bell files application for patent on the telephone
1912-Arizona becomes 48th state
1918-USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1921-"Skeezix of \""Gasoline Alley\"" discovered on Wallet\s doorstep"
1929-St Valentine\s Day Massacre in Chicago - 7 gangsters killed
1950-Karl Jansky - discoverer of cosmic radio sources - dies
1954-Sen John Kennedy appears on Meet the Press
1961-Element 103 - lawrencium - 1st produced in Berkeley California
1962-Mrs Kennedy gives TV audience a tour of the White House
1972-John & Yoko guest host Mike Douglas Show for the entire week
1972-USSR launches Luna 20; unmanned probe soft-lands on moon - returns
1980-US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares