Reuters
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on February 14:
1929 - Al Capone's henchmen killed seven of the Bugs Moran gang in the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in a Chicago garage.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (edict) ordering the death of British author Salman Rushdie after the publication of his novel "The Satanic Verses".
2003 - Hans Blix addresses U.N. Security Council on weapons inspections in Iraq.
2003 - Funeral for late Romanian King Carol II.
2005 - Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a bomb blast.
2005 - YouTube online video platform is launched.
2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting in which a former student killed five students and himself during a lecture.
2011 - Thai couples break record for longest kiss.
2012 - Rangers Football Club enters administration.
2015 - Fatal shooting at Copenhagen event with Prophet Mohammad artist Lars Vilks.
2016 - Pope Francis celebrates mass in Mexico.