THE HISTORY PLACE — THIS MONTH IN HISTORY — FEBRUARY

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1. THE HISTORY PLACE

2. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

3. FEBRUARY

February 14

February 14th – Celebrated as (Saint) Valentine’s Day around the world, now one of the most widely observed unofficial holidays in which romantic greeting cards and gifts are exchanged.

February 14, 1849 – Photographer Mathew Brady took the first photograph of a U.S. President in office, James Polk.

February 14, 1929 – The St. Valentine’s Day massacre occurred in Chicago as seven members of the Bugs Moran gang were gunned down by five of Al Capone‘s mobsters posing as police.