What’s the point of satire? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31442441
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What does Assad really think about Syria’s civil war? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31438916
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Tribesman: Iraqi army in Anbar may ‘collapse’
http://www.cnn.com//2015/02/14/middleeast/isis-iraq-syria/index.html
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Cartoonist: ‘Should be possible to insult all religions’
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2015/02/14/pkg-lars-vilks-cartoonist-denmark-shooting.cnn.html
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Americans have plotted against cartoonists
http://www.cnn.com//2015/01/07/opinion/bergen-americans-have-plotted-to-kill-cartoonists/index.html
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Synthetic vaccine sought for polio http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31468224
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Lebanon marks Hariri assassination http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31468492
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Injuries in second Denmark shooting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31475803
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Ukrainian president orders ceasefire http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31475744
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Obama’s New Order Urges Companies to Share Cyber-Threat Info With the Government (gently click to access wired story)
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
February 14
Happy Valentine’s Day!Today is St. Valentine’s Day, the feast day of two Christian martyrs named Valentine: one a priest and physician, the other the Bishop of Terni. Both are purported to have been beheaded on this day. The custom of sending handmade ‘valentines’ to one’s beloved became popular during the 17th century and was first commercialized in the United States in the 1840s.
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1349 | Â | 2,000 Jews are burned at the stake in Strasbourg, Germany. |
1400 | Â | The deposed Richard II is murdered in Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire. |
1549 | Â | Maximilian II, brother of the Emperor Charles V, is recognized as the future king of Bohemia. |
1779 | Â | American Loyalists are defeated by Patriots at Kettle Creek, Ga. |
1797 | Â | The Spanish fleet is destroyed by the British under Admiral Jervis (with Nelson in support) at the battle of Cape St. Vincent, off Portugal. |
1848 | Â | James Polk becomes the first U.S. President to be photographed in office by Matthew Brady. |
1859 | Â | Oregon is admitted as the thirty-third state. |
1870 | Â | Esther Morris becomes the world’s first female justice of the peace. |
1876 | Â | Rival inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both apply for patents for the telephone. |
1900 | Â | General Roberts invades South Africa’s Orange Free State with 20,000 British troops. |
1904 | Â | The “Missouri Kid” is captured in Kansas. |
1912 | Â | Arizona becomes the 48th state in the Union. |
1915 | Â | Kaiser Wilhelm II invites the U.S. Ambassador to Berlin in order to confer on the war. |
1918 | Â | Warsaw demonstrators protest the transfer of Polish territory to the Ukraine. |
1920 | Â | The League of Women Voters is formed in Chicago in celebration of the imminent ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. |
1924 | Â | Thomas Watson founds International Business Machines Corp. |
1929 | Â | Chicago gang war between Al Capone and George “Bugs” Moran culminates with several Moran confederates being gunned down in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. |
1939 | Â | Germany launches the battleship Bismark. |
1940 | Â | Britain announces that all merchant ships will be armed. |
1942 | Â | Japanese paratroopers attack Sumatra. Aidan MacCarthy‘s RAF unit flew to Palembang, in eastern Sumatra, where 30 Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed A-28 Hudson bombers were waiting. |
1945 | Â | 800 Allied aircraft firebomb the German city of Dresden. Smaller followup bombing raids last until April with a total death toll of between 35,000 to 130,000 civillians. |
1945 | Â | The siege of Budapest ends as the Soviets take the city. Only 785 German and Hungarian soldiers managed to escape. |
1949 | Â | The United States charges the Soviet Union with interning up to 14 million in labor camps. |
1955 | Â | A Jewish couple loses their fight to adopt Catholic twins as the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to rule on state law. |
1957 | Â | The Georgia state senate outlaws interracial athletics. |
1965 | Â | Malcolm X’s home is firebombed. No injuries are reported. |
1971 | Â | Moscow publicizes a new five-year plan geared to expanding consumer production. |
1973 | Â | The United States and Hanoi set up a group to channel reconstruction aid directly to Hanoi. |
1979 | Â | Armed guerrillas attack the U.S. embassy in Tehran. |
1985 | Â | Vietnamese troops surround the main Khmer Rouge base at Phnom Malai. |
1989 | Â | Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini charges that Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses, is blasphemous and issues an edict (fatwa) calling on Muslims to kill Rushdie. |
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1760 | Â | Richard Allen, first black ordained by a Methodist-Episcopal church. |
1817 | Â | Frederick Douglass, slave, and later, activist and author. |
1819 | Â | Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the first practical typewriter. |
1845 | Â | Quinton Hogg, English philanthropist. |
1859 | Â | George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor of the Ferris Wheel. |
1894 |  | Jack Benny, comedian, radio and television performer…and violinist. |
1894 | Â | Mary Lucinda Cardwell Dawson, founded the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC) and was appointed to President John F. Kennedy’s National Committee on Music. |
– See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.8Ow54pqd.dpuf
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Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day probably has its origins in the Roman feast of Lupercalia, which was held on February 15. One of the traditions associated with this feast was young men drawing the names of young women whom they would court during the following year–a custom that may have grown into the giving of valentine’s cards. Another legend associated with Valentine’s Day was the martyrdom of the Christian priest St. Valentine on February 14. The Roman emperor believed that men would remain soldiers longer if they were not married, but Valentine earned the wrath of the emperor by secretly marrying young couples. The first American publisher of valentines was printer and artist Esther Howland, who sold elaborate handmade cards for as much as $35 at the end of the 19th century. Complex and beautiful machine-made cards brought the custom of valentine exchanging within the reach of many Americans.
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Click Here for St. Valentine Prayer’s Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and … continue reading
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Each year on February 14, Frederick Douglass‘s birthday is commemorated with a ceremony at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, DC. The event features speakers on human rights, recitations of excerpts from Douglass’s speeches, music performances, and a wreath-laying ceremony. Activities, including lectures, readings from his works, and film presentations about his life, are also planned in New Bedford, in Rochester, New York, where Douglass’s grave is located, and in many other locations throughout the country. More… Discuss
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Horkheimer was a German philosopher and sociologist and played an important role in the development of critical theory and Western Marxism. In Eclipse of Reason and Dialectic of Enlightenment, he developed a critique of scientific positivism, and his ideas about liberation and consumer society continue to influence contemporary empirical sociologists. What did Horkheimer believe to be the cause of the ills of modern society? More… Discuss
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When Jack McGurn, a member of Al Capone’s gang, was almost killed by members of rival George “Bugs” Moran’s gang, Capone decided to retaliate by luring Bugs and some of his men to a warehouse and killing them. On the day of the massacre, Capone’s men thought that the rival crime boss had entered the warehouse and opened fire. They killed seven men but not Bugs—he had grown suspicious and changed his plans. One of the seven victims initially survived, despite how many gunshot wounds? More… Discuss
If you’ve had enough with online dating, try airline dating. Australian airline Jetstar has teamed with a feng shui master to match compatible single passengers. Interested participants simply need to enter their relationship status and birthday online to generate a feng shui report that lists their ideal travel destinations and in-flight seats, as well as their best zodiac matches. Single passengers can also enter a contest to win a trip overseas with a blind date selected based on potential compatibility. The program, called “Love Is in the Zodiac Pair,” drew 5,000 applications within hours of launching. More… Discuss
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in US history. Following heavy rains in 1926, the Mississippi River broke out of its levee system in 145 places, causing over $400 million in damages and killing 246 people in seven states. After the disaster, the federal government took over flood-control work—stabilizing river banks, improving channels, and constructing levees, floodwalls, floodways, and reservoirs. What famous song was written about the flood? More… Discuss
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How Long Is An Ebola Victim’s Body Contagious? You Don’t Want To Know http://n.pr/1KUjx9F
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Kirchner ‘formally accused’ in cover-up of 1994 bombing
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Boko Haram attacks Nigerian city http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31469073
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