On this day: 14 February

Selected events and births on 14 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1852 – The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London. Read more: Great Ormond Street Hospital Patient
• 1895 – Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (production pictured), once described as the second-most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London. Read more: Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest Hamlet
• 1914 – The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney. Read more: Gertie the Dinosaur Fleischer Studios Walt Disney
• 1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization. Read more: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company IBM List of public corporations by market capitalization
• 1961 – Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Read more: Lawrencium Synthetic element Atomic number
• 1990 – The NASA space probe Voyager 1 took Pale Blue Dot (detail pictured), a photograph of Earth from a record distance of 40.5 astronomical units (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi). Read more: NASA Voyager 1 Pale Blue Dot
• 1992 – Sri Temasek, the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument. Read more: Sri Temasek Prime Minister of Singapore National monuments of Singapore
• 2005 – The online video platform YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Read more: YouTube Steve Chen Chad Hurley
• 2011 – Arab Spring: On the Day of Rage, Bahraini youths began an uprising against the government in 55 marches across 25 locations. Read more: Arab Spring Day of Rage (Bahrain) 2011 Bahraini uprising

Born on this day

• 1935 – David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong Read more: David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn Governor of Hong Kong
• 1937 – John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport Read more: John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market Secretary of State for Transport
• 1939 – Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Eugene Fama Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1941 – Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Read more: Donna Shalala United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1947 – Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire Read more: Judd Gregg Governor of New Hampshire
• 1967 – Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Read more: Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1968 – Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary Read more: Scott McClellan White House Press Secretary
• 1969 – Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Read more: Meg Hillier Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• 1972 – Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype Read more: Jaan Tallinn Skype
• 1999 – Tyler Adams, American soccer player Read more: Tyler Adams
• 2000 – Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player Read more: Gabriel Moreno
• 2002 – Jaxon Smith-Njigba, American football player Read more: Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / February 14 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.