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📅 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14: TODAY IN HISTORY & NEWS SUMMARY
🌍 This Day in History: Global Highlights
1929 (USA): The infamous Saint Valentine's Day Massacre occurs in Chicago, where seven members of the "Bugs" Moran gang are gunned down by rivals linked to Al Capone.
1989 (Iran): Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, calling for his death following the publication of The Satanic Verses, sparking a global free speech crisis.
1946 (UK): The Bank of England is formally nationalized, ending 252 years as a private institution and centralizing British monetary control.
1949 (Israel): The Knesset, the national parliament of the newly established State of Israel, convenes for the very first time in Jerusalem.
1939 (Germany): The Bismarck, one of the most powerful and legendary battleships of World War II, is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg.
1990 (Space): Voyager 1 looks back from 6 billion km away to capture the "Pale Blue Dot" photograph, a tiny speck of Earth in the vastness of space.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Biggest Political Story
Yesterday: In a major diplomatic move, the U.S. House voted to rebuke the White House's tariffs on Canada, offering a rare bipartisan reprieve for the Canadian economy.
Expected Today: Focus turns to the Munich Security Conference where Minister Anita Anand is set to announce new strategic sanctions against Iranian entities for destabilizing activities.
🇺🇸 U.S. Biggest Political Story
Current: At 12:01 AM today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security officially shut down after a Senate deadlock over immigration reforms, triggering immediate chaos at airports and border crossings.
🌐 Global Impact: Yesterday’s Legacy
February 13, 2026, will be remembered for World Radio Day and the "Congressional Pivot," where the U.S. legislative branch began to formally pull back from the administration’s trade war with Canada and Mexico.
📜 Quotation of the Day
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." — Maya Angelou
🏙️ Ottawa, ON Weather & Sky
☀️ Sunrise: 7:09 AM
🌇 Sunset: 5:27 PM
🌘 Moon Phase: Waning Crescent (8.2% illumination; very thin sliver visible in the pre-dawn sky)
#TodayInHistory #Ottawa #ValentineDay #GlobalNews #CanadaPolitics #PaleBlueDot
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