February 14th Quiz - On this Day in History
What happened in the past on February 14th in our "on this day" quiz.
February 14 Quiz Questions
- In which American city were seven gang members slain in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre on February the 14th, 1929?
- On this day in 1989, Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill which British author?
- YouTube was launched on February 14 by a group of college students, in which year?
- Which English footballer player and manager, who started his career with Scunthorpe United, was born today?
- In 1912, which American state became the 48th U.S. state?
- In 1876, who applied for a patent for the telephone?
- In 1852, which London hospital became the first in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children?
- In 1779, Captain James Cook is killed by natives on which island?
- In 1975, which English novelist and playwright, the creator of Bertie Wooster, sadly passed away?
- In 1945, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces began fire-bombing which city?
- Established in 1694, what was nationalized in 1946?
- In New York City, on the 14th February 1849, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have what?
- In 1939, the largest battleship ever commissioned up to that date by the German nav - can you name it?
- Which Oscar Wilde play was first performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London?
Answers:
- Chicago
- Salman Rushdie (author of The Satanic Verses)
- 2005
- Kevin Keegan
- Arizona
- Alexander Graham Bell (also correct is Elisha Gray)
- Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children
- Hawaii
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Dresden
- The Bank of England
- First President to have his photograph taken
- The Bismark
- The Importance of Being Earnest