On 14. February...
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1779 - James Cook was killed in a fight 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.
1900 - In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1919 - The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1945 - The British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden
1989 - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
Happy Valentine's Day!
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1779 - James Cook was killed in a fight 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.
1900 - In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1919 - The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1945 - The British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden
1989 - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
Happy Valentine's Day!