"In 1779, English explorer James Cook was killed on the island of Hawai'i during a confrontation after Cook's attempt to kidnap Hawaiian monarch Kalaniopuu as leverage to recover a boat stolen from one of Cook's ships. In 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. (The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.)"
"In 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, a novel the ayatollah condemned as blasphemous against Islam. In 2013, double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, saying he mistook her for an intruder; he was later convicted of murder and served nearly nine years of a sentence of 13 years and five months before being released from prison in January 2024."
February 14 is Valentine's Day and the 45th day of 2026, with 320 days remaining. On Feb. 14, 1929, seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in a Chicago garage. In 1779 James Cook was killed on Hawai'i after an attempt to kidnap monarch Kalaniopuu to recover a stolen boat. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray separately applied for telephone-related patents; the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled Bell the inventor. In 1984 six-year-old Stormie Jones received the first heart-liver transplant and died in 1990. In 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie's killing. In 2013 Oscar Pistorius shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp, was convicted of murder, and served nearly nine years before release in January 2024. In 2017 Pedro Hernandez was convicted in the disappearance of Etan Patz. In 2018 a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17; Nikolas Cruz later pleaded guilty.
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