On February 14th in U S Political History
Part III
Part III
On February 14th in 1932 - The US won the first bobsled competition at the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, NY.
On February 14th in 1945 - 521 B-17 bombers dropped 771 tons on Dresden in daylight firebombing raids following a British assault. P-51 Mustang fighters strafed roads packed with soldiers and civilians fleeing the burning city. At least 35,000 died and some estimates place the toll closer to 70,000. The novel "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut was set in Dresden during the firebombing where he was being held as a prisoner of war.
On February 14th in 1949 - The United States charged the USSR with interning up to 14 million in labor camps.
On February 14th in 1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.
On February 14th in 1973 - The US and Hanoi set up a group to channel reconstruction aid directly to Hanoi. In 1972 the US had begun to "de-Americanize" the Vietnam war and introduced a policy of gradual withdrawal.
On February 14th in 1979 - Adolph Dubs, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists. He was killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.
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