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Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here.
As we sink into the middle of February you might be facing a growing to-do list and wondering how time always seems to move faster than we are prepared for. We get it.
That’s why we like to take time to intentionally slow things down on Saturday morning with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” This is a quick look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, February 14th, the 45th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1899, the U.S. Congress approved the use of voting machines for federal elections.
In 1912, Arizona was named the 48th state of the union.
In 1920, the League of Women Voters was founded.
In 1929, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre took place in Chicago, Illinois. Noted gangster Al Capone and his gang killed seven members of a rival gang in a warehouse.
In 1980, Walter Cronkite announced his retirement from the “CBS Evening News.” Dan Rather was introduced as his replacement.
In 1984, six-year-old Stormie Jones became the world’s first heart-liver transplant recipient. She lived until November 1990.
In 1988, Broadway composer Frederick Loewe died at the age of 86. He wrote scores for several popular musicals including “My fair Lady” and “Camelot.”
In 1999, Nixon administration aide John D. Erlichman who was disgraced and imprisoned for his role in the Watergate cover up died at the age of 73.
In 2010, The Knack frontman Doug Fieger died at the age of 57. He’d been battling brain and lung cancer since 2006.
In 2013, the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph docked in Mobile, Alabama, four days after it suffered an engine room fire that knocked out power and plumbing for almost all of the 893-foot vessel. More than 42-hundred people were on board the ship, which had to be pushed and pulled by tugboats into Mobile.
In 2018, 17 people were killed and 17 more were injured in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The shooting sparked massive rallies calling for gun control.
In 2019, “The New York Times” reported that singer Ryan Adams was accused of sexual misconduct by younger female singers.
In 2022, the mega drought impacting the American Southwest is declared the worst it’s been in 12-hundred years.
In 2023, rapper Pharrell Williams was appointed creative director of menswear for Louis Vuitton.
In 2024, at a Kansas City Chiefs victory parade a shooting took place where one person was killed and 22 others were wounded. Two adults and two juveniles were charged.
That brings us here to this day. So, whatever plans you have for your own 2.14.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history book!
Thanks for Stopping By!
