- Today is Sunday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 1999. There are 320 days
                       left in the year.

                     - St. Valentine's Day: One legend suggests that in the 3rd century, a
                       priest named Valentine defied Emperor Claudius II's wartime ban on
                       marriages and secretly married young lovers. He was later discovered
                       and killed.

                     - On this date in 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd
                       state.
                     - In 1872, the first state bird refuge was authorized in Lake Merritt,
                       Calif.
                     - In 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied
                       separately for patents related to the telephone. The U.S. Supreme
                       Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.
                     - In 1895, Oscar Wilde's final play, "The Importance of Being
                       Earnest," opened at the St. James Theatre in London.
                     - In 1903, the Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
                     - In 1912, Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state.
                     - In 1919, the United Parcel Service was founded.
                     - In 1920, the League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago. Its
                       first president was Maude Wood Park.
                     - In 1924, the IBM Corporation was founded by Thomas Watson.
                     - 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.
                     - In 1939, Victor Fleming replaced George Cukor as director for "Gone
                       With The Wind."
                     - In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy hosted a televised tour of
                       the White House that showcased the building's interior restoration.
                     - In 1971, President Richard Nixon installed a secret taping system at
                       the White House.
                     - In 1978, the first "micro on a chip" was patented by Texas
                       Instruments.
                     - In 1988, at age 50, Bobby Allison became the oldest driver to win
                       the Daytona 500.
                     - In 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman
                       Rushdie, author of the novel "The Satanic Verses," a work condemned
                       as blasphemous throughout the Islamic world.
                     - One year ago, famed Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, 77,
                       was hospitalized after he collapsed at a nightclub in Palm Springs,
                       Calif. He died five days later.

                     *Happy Birthday*
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                     - Journalist Carl Bernstein is 55
                     - NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe is 27
                     - Musician Michael Doucet is 48, Beausoleil
                     - Journalist Hugh Downs is 78
                     - Actor Zach Galligan is 35, "Gremlins"
                     - Actress Florence Henderson is 65, "The Brady Bunch"
                     - Actor/dancer Gregory Hines is 53
                     - Former NFL quarterback/TV announcer Jim Kelly is 39
                     - Director Alan Parker is 55, "Evita"
                     - Magician Teller is 51, of "Penn & Teller"
                     - Actress Meg Tilly is 39, "The Big Chill"
                     - Actor Ken Wahl is 43, "Wiseguy"