Thursday, February 14, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

FEBRUARY 14


1859

Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.

1912

Arizona became the 48th state in the United States.

1920

The League of Women Voters was founded.

1929

Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

1989

Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.



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