Today in History for 14th February 2026

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Historical Events

1804 - Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
1992 - Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
1998 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing
2013 - A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan
2023 - Rapper and musician Pharrell Williams appointed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton

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Famous Birthdays

1870 - Bob Quinn, American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1923–33; part owner Boston Braves 1936–45; President National Baseball Hall of Fame 1948–51), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1954)
1932 - Peter Ball, British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Gloucester. 1992-93; Bishop of Lewes, 1977-92), and convicted sex offender, born in West Sussex, England (d. 2019)
1941 - Donna Shalala, American educator and politician, US Secretary of Health under Bill Clinton (Rep-Florida 2019-21), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1953 - Wayne Siegel, American electro-acoustic contemporary classical composer, based in Denmark, born in Los Angeles, California
1994 - Becky Hill, English singer (The Voice UK, 2012; "Remember"), born in Bewdley, England

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Famous Deaths

1820 - Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, son of French King Charles X, assassinated by a Bonapartist at 42
1831 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, dies at 59
1857 - Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
1990 - Tony Holiday, German singer, dies of complications from AIDS at 38
2021 - Peter Martinček van Grob, Slovakian contemporary classical composer and conductor, dies at 58

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