On Valentine’s Day, 1990, 3.

At a meeting of the presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador, the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua agrees to free a number of political prisoners and hold free elections within a year; in return, Honduras promises to close bases being used by anti-Sandinista rebels.

On February 14, 1988, U.

In a groundbreaking medical milestone, 6-year-old Stormie Jones made history in 1984 as the world’s first heart-liver transplant recipient, a pioneering procedure that unfolded at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

In one of the most caustic literary feuds of the 20th century, playwright Lillian Hellman sues novelist and critic Mary McCarthy for libel, demanding $2.

Noam Chomsky presents his groundbreaking theory about human speech with the publishing of Syntactic Structures on February 14, 1957 (although some scholars debate the exact date).

The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, the two largest communist nations in the world, announce the signing of a mutual defense and assistance treaty.

In 1924, a pivotal moment in the landscape of technology and business occurred with the formal renaming of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.

On February 14, 1913, three influential figures in American culture and sports were born, each leaving an indelible mark on their respective fields.

On February 14, 1912, Arizona etched its name into the annals of American history as the 48th state to join the Union, a moment marked by the signing of a proclamation by President William Howard Taft.