Valentine’s Day: Media
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Valentine is the saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.
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Gelasius I was pope from 492 to 496 ce. In 494...
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Chaucer is credited with associating the saint's day with lovers.
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American valentine card, 19th century.
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American valentine card, 1890.
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American valentine card, 1890.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1404.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1515
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Died on Valentine's Day 1549.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1676.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1808.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1819.
Leading American Inventors by George Iles, 1912
Born on Valentine's Day 1824.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1847.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1858.
From Joseph Thomson, African Explorer by Rev. J.B. Thomson, 1897
Born on Valentine's Day 1860.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1864.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1864.
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Bell applied for a patent for the telephone on Valentine's Day 1876.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1882.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1882.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1894.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1894.
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Catt formed the League of Women Voters on Valentine's Day 1902.
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Members of Al Capone''s gang of bootleggers massacred a rival gang run by George...
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First demonstrated to the public on Valentine's Day 1946.
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Born on Valentine's Day 1952.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1957.
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Died on Valentine's Day 1969.
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A fatwah was issued against Rushdie on Valentine's Day 1989.
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