A screen shot of desktop version of video-sharing website ‘YouTube’ on February 14, 2019. The video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California was launched by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. (Morung Photo Via YouTube)
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Feb 14
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1929 - Al Capone's henchmen killed seven of the Bugs Moran gang in the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in a Chicago garage.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (edict) ordering the death of British author Salman Rushdie after the publication of his novel "The Satanic Verses".
2003 - Hans Blix addresses U.N. Security Council on weapons inspections in Iraq.
2003 - Funeral for late Romanian King Carol II.
2005 - Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a bomb blast.
2005 - YouTube online video platform is launched.
2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting in which a former student killed five students and himself during a lecture.
2011 - Thai couples break record for longest kiss.
2012 - Rangers Football Club enters administration.
2015 - Fatal shooting at Copenhagen event with Prophet Mohammad artist Lars Vilks.
2016 - Pope Francis celebrates mass in Mexico.
