Today is Monday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2011. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day.
Today’s highlight:
On Feb. 14, 1961, the radioactive element lawrencium was first synthesized at the University of California, Berkeley.
On this date:
In 1778, the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France.
In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
In 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of “The Satanic Verses,” a novel condemned as blasphemous.
In 1912, Arizona became the 48th state of the Union.
In 1929, the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone’s gang were gunned down.
Ten years ago: The Kansas Board of Education approved new science standards restoring evolution to the state’s curriculum.
Five years ago: Attorney Harry Whittington, the man accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney, suffered a mild heart attack when a shotgun pellet traveled to his heart.
Associated Press
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
