February 14

It's February 14th

On this day in 1961 – Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.

In 1990 – The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.


In 2000 – The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.

In 2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.

Danai Gurira
as Zainab in "The Visitor"
as Adenike in "Mother of George"

Ria Rasmussen


Simon Pegg
"Spaced"

on Tubi

Zach Galligan
as Mark Loftmore in "Waxwork"


Enrico Colantoni
as Bredon Garrison in "Dark Stranger"


Sakina Jaffrey
as Serena in "The Domino Effect"

Meg Tilly
as Sister Agnes Devereaux in "Agnes of God"

Katharina Fritsch
"Rat King"


Terry Gross

Roger Fisher


Wally Tax


Kitten Natividad
as Stripper in "The Tomb"


Tim Buckley


Gregory Hines
as Coroner Whittington in "Wolfen"


Alan Parker
"The Road to Wellville"

Andrew Robinson
as Larry Cotten/Frank Cotton in


Blowfly

Clarence Reid


Magic Sam


Florence Henderson


Harriet Andersson
as Doris in "Dreams"


Brian Kelly

Vic Morrow
on Tubi

Edward Platt
as Mr. Tucker in "The Rebel Set"


Masaki Kobayashi

on the Internet Archive
on Criterion Channel

Sally Gray
as Sally in "They Made Me a Fugitive" aka "I Became a Criminal"


Stuart Erwin
as Dwight Wilson in "Before Dawn"

Thelma Ritter
as Moe Williams in "Pickup on South Street"

Jessica Dragonette
as the singing voice of Princess Glory in "Gulliver's Travels"

Jack Benny

Nina Hamnett
"Laughing Torso"
"Portrait of Nina Hamnett" by Roger Fry


Walenty Wańkowicz
"Woman Playing Solitaire"


Leon Battista Alberti