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Bloody Valentines (February 14, 1929)
The bloodiest day in Prohibition history...and no one was ever taken to trial for it...

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22737.asp

Also: Make sure to check out the article on Prohibition (January 16, 1919-December 5, 1933). It relates to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in that it is evidence that regulation of morality does not necessarily work.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22738.asp

Happy Birthday to those of you born this week! You're among some great company! Here are just a few of the people born this week (February 11-17)
February 11 –
*Thomas Edison (1847)
*Alfonso Leng (1894)
*Eva Gabor (1919)
*Sheryl Crow (1962)
February 12 –
*Cotton Mather (1663)
*Charles Darwin (1809)
*Abraham Lincoln (1809)
*Christina Ricci (1980)
February 13 –
*Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919)
*Chuck Yeager (1923)
*Peter Gabriel (1950)
*Randy Moss (1977)
February 14 –
*Johann Werner (1468)
*Jimmy Hoffa (1913)
*Teller of Penn & Teller (1948)
*Drew Bledsoe (1972)
February 15 –
*Galileo Galilei (1564)
*Cyrus McCormick (1809)
*Susan B. Anthony (1820)
*John Barrymore (1882)
February 16 –
*Edgar Bergen (1903)
*Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922)
*Roberta Williams (1953)
*LeVar Burton (1957)
February 17 –
*René Laënnec (1781)
*Mary Ann Mobley (1939)
*Loreena McKennit (1957)
*Jerry O’Connell (1974)

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