What happend on 14th February

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1979

In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.

1966

Australian currency is decimalised.

1962

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.

1961

Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized (Berkeley, California).

1952

1952 Winter Olympic Games open in Oslo, Norway.

1949

The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.

1949

The Knesset (Israeli parliament) first convenes.

1946

The Bank of England is nationalized.

1946

ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.

1945

Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru join the United Nations.