February 14, 2015

February 14 in US History P4


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On February 14th in 1979 - Armed guerrillas attacked the US embassy in Tehran. Fifty-two Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days.

On February 14th in 1994 - President Clinton used his first annual economic report to proclaim his policies had put the country on track for rising prosperity for years to come.

On February 14th in 1995 - The House passed the centerpiece of the Republican anti-crime package, voting to create block grants for local governments while eliminating President Clinton's program to hire more police. The President later vetoed a spending authorization bill containing this provision.

On February 14th in 1998 - US authorities officially announced that Eric Rudolph was a suspect in a bombing of an abortion clinic in Alabama and offered a $100,000 reward.

On February 14th in 1999 - Iraq said that air attacks had killed 5 people and wounded 22 and threatened Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with missile attacks for permitting US warplanes to fly from their countries.

On February 14th in 2001 - The Kansas Board of Education approved new science standards restoring evolution to the state's curriculum.

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