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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

February 14 Literary Facts

Felix Paul Greve (later Frederick Philip Grove) is born

George Jean Nathan is born

A. M. Klein is born

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In Chicago, seven members of George (“Bugs”) Moran’s North Side Gang are executed by minions of gangster Al Capone, in an event known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Jay Wright is born

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Martin Luther King Jr. forms the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Caroline Blackwood dies

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