While enjoying your Valentine's Day chocolates or choosing that perfect Valentine's Day gift basket, remember a few of the historical events that occurred on Valentine's Day. The holiday represents more than just Valentine's Day gifts and romance. Some of the most monumental events in United States history occurred on Valentine's Day, February 14th.
Anna Howard Shaw, influential leader of the women's suffrage movement, was born.
Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
Esther Morris became the world's first female justice of the peace.
Department of Commerce and Labor established.
Arizona became the 48th state of the Union.
United Parcel Service forms.
The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago.
Thomas Watson founded International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Seven rivals of mobster Al Capone are murdered, remembered as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin.
The world's first all-electronic computer was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania, ENIAC.
NASCAR's first race.
Aretha Franklin records "Respect."
First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments.
