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It happened on a… February 14
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2005

Youtube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.

1991

“The Silence of the Lambs” film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released (Best Picture 1992).

1989

The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.

Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

1967

“Respect” single recorded by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967).

1963

“8½” film directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, is released (Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film 1964).

1962

U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.

1952

VI Winter Olympic Games open at Oslo, Norway.

1931

The original “Dracula” film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire, is released.

1918

Fire at Grey Nuns Orphanage kills 64 children.

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