On This Day: February 14
12 verified moments happened on February 14. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.
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Play today’s puzzle — free on the App Store- 1929🔫 Gangsters disguised as police gun down seven members of Bugs Moran's crew in a Chicago garage, a hit widely blamed on Al Capone.
- 1946💻 Eckert and Mauchly publicly unveil ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer.
- 1951Sugar Ray Robinson stops Jake LaMotta to take the middleweight title in the bout dubbed the 'St. Valentine's Day Massacre'
- 1960Junior Johnson, in a slower car, uses the aerodynamic draft he found in practice to win the Daytona 500
- 1965Fred Lorenzen beats Darel Dieringer by a lap to win a rain-shortened Daytona 500 in his Ford.
- 1982Bobby Allison's rear bumper flies off early, his car gets faster, and he wins the Daytona 500 amid suspicion
- 1988Bobby Allison wins the Daytona 500 with son Davey finishing second
- 1991🎬 The Silence of the Lambs opens in theaters, introducing Clarice Starling to the chilling Hannibal Lecter.
- 1993The “Dale and Dale Show”: Jarrett edges Earnhardt at Daytona as his father calls the finish on TV
- 2010Jamie McMurray pulls off a stunner, taking the Daytona 500 for Earnhardt Ganassi
- 2014Yuzuru Hanyu becomes the first Japanese man to win Olympic figure skating gold, the youngest champion in 66 years.
- 2021A 100-to-1 longshot, Michael McDowell threads a fiery last-lap crash to win the Daytona 500 for his first victory in 358 career starts.
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