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February 14 "Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you." - Wayne Dyer
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269 Saint Valentinus,(derived from "valens" meaning worthy) was martyred.
496 The first feast of St. Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." This superseded the pagan holiday Lupercalia, which was celebrated to purify the city and bring health and fertility.
1349 One of the worst riots in pre-modern history: hundreds of Jews, who were blamed for the spread of the bubonic plague, were publicly burnt to death, and the rest of them (about 2,000) were expelled from the city of Strasbourg.
1556 Thomas Cranmer, one of the most influential religious leaders during the English Reformation, is declared a heretic by Queen Mary due to his signing the will that stipulated Lady Jane Grey was to succeed King Edward.
1889 The first train load of oranges, grown by William Wolfskill, a trapper originally from Kentucky, leaves Los Angeles for a one month journey to customers in the east.
1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters are killed. When one of the dying men, Frank Gusenberg, was asked who shot him, he replied, "I'm not gonna talk - nobody shot me."
Those born today are not romantics - true friendship and companionship mean much more. You are one to go your own way and are quick to share your beliefs and opinions with the world. You stand up for your ideas, even if no one else agrees. You are extremely generous and compassionate, although a bit emotionally detached. You make people think, are a good entertainer and have a knack at making people laugh.
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