Today in History

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.