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Valentine's Day
Fun · Family · February 14
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day, is when Americans trade cards, flowers and sweets with the people they love.
National days on February 14, 2027
Also on February 14
On this day
- 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 renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. Flag of the United States
- 1855: Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. Texas
- 1912: The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines. United States Navy
- 1924: The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). IBM
- 2000: The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. NEAR Shoemaker
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