On this day in history - February 14

What Happened On This Day – February 14

• 2005 Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is assassinated

  Several sources reported that the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon found compelling evidence for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah's involvement.

• 2003 Dolly the sheep is put to death

  Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult, had shown signs of premature aging and contracted various diseases.

• 1989 Union Carbide finally agrees to pay 470 million USD in damages for the Bophal disaster

  The company had a yearly turnover of 9.5 billion USD at the time; up to 25,000 people had died in the tragedy.

• 1949 The Knesset, the parliament of Israel, convenes for the first time

  The term “Knesset” is derived from the Hebrew name of an ancient Great Assembly: Anshei Knesset HaGedolah.

• 1876 The telephone is patented

  Both Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied for a patent on that day - Bell won.