Once Upon A Time – February 14 – 1971 – Richard Nixon Installs Secret Taping System In The White House

1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II Holy Roman Emperor

1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (for the 1st time)

1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Captain Horatio Nelson distinguishes himself.

1876 Alexander G. Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor

1929 St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed, allegedly on Al Capone’s orders

1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in the White House

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Today In Film & TV

1931 The original “Dracula” film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire, is released

Today In Music

1982 “Night of 100 Stars”, an all-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors’ Fund of America, takes place at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall

1984 Britain’s Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean famously dominate the ice dancing at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; perform to Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” in free dance routine; record 9-of-9 perfect scores for artistic impression

Today In Sport

1984 Britain’s Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean famously dominate the ice dancing at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; perform to Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” in free dance routine; record 9-of-9 perfect scores for artistic impression

2010 Alexandre Bilodeau wins the Gold Medal in the freestyle skiing men’s moguls event, becoming the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympics

1978 1st “micro on a chip” patented by Texas Instruments

1924 Thomas J. Watson renames the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) as International Business Machines (IBM)

Famous Weddings

1451 Louis, dauphin of France (later Louis XI) (27) marries Charlotte of Savoy (9) without the consent of King Charles VII

1613 King James I’s daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik

1903 Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (27) weds Swiss watch heiress Emma Rauschenbach (19), until her death in 1955


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