CoM Moderators Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 842 - Charles II and Louis the German sign The Oaths of Strasbourg, a pact uniting their armies in fights against their older brother Lothar 1670 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna 1804 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested, and exiled to the United States 1918 - Harold R. Atteridge and Sigmund Romberg's musical "Sinbad", starring Al Jolson, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 164 performances 1945 - Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN 1949 - 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) 1956 - Verhoeven, Nauta and De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate 1959 - $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC 1984 - Canadian speed skater Gaétan Boucher takes out the 1,000m gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1,500m; narrowly beats Soviet skater Sergey Khlebnikov in both events 1989 - World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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