What happend on 14th February

13.02
15.02
2004

In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.

2002

The Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board.

2000

The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.

1998

Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.

1989

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.

1989

Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.

1989

The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit.

1985

CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is freed from captivity in Lebanon.

1980

Walter Cronkite announces his retirement from CBS Evening News.

1980

1980 Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York.