Wednesday February 14, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

February 14: Day of the Week

February 14, 2024 was the 45th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 321 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

February 14 Historical Event(s)

1349
Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1778
The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779
James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1879
The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
1903
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
1912
Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1945
World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
1989
Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
2005
Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines’ Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
2010
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 14?

1828
Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
1916
Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996)
1933
Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
1936
Andrew Prine, American actor
1947
Judd Gregg, American politician
1962
Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
1971
Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
1976
Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves’ Eyes)
1982
John Halls, English footballer
1985
Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol

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