What happend on 14th February

13.02
15.02
1912

In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.

1912

Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.

1903

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of Labor).

1900

Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.

1900

Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country.

1899

Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

1895

First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St James's Theatre in London).

1879

The War of the Pacific broke out when Chilean armed forces occupied the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.

1876

Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone. So did Elisha Gray.

1859

Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.