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February 14, 1997 (Friday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 45

• Week number: 7

• Leap year: 1997 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for February 14, 1997 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 07:28 am

• Sunset time: 06:07 pm

• Day length: 10h 38m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for February 14, 1997 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 56%

• Moon Age: 7.99 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 14, 1997 Holidays and National Days

February 14 in History

1989
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini charges that Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses, is blasphemous and issues an edict (fatwa) calling on Muslims to kill Rushdie.
1985
Vietnamese troops surround the main Khmer Rouge base at Phnom Malai.
1979
Armed guerrillas attack the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
1973
The United States and Hanoi set up a group to channel reconstruction aid directly to Hanoi.
1971
Moscow publicizes a new five-year plan geared to expanding consumer production.
1965
Malcolm X’s home is firebombed. No injuries are reported.
1957
The Georgia state senate outlaws interracial athletics.
1955
A Jewish couple loses their fight to adopt Catholic twins as the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to rule on state law.
1949
The United States charges the Soviet Union with interning up to 14 million in labor camps.
1945
800 Allied aircraft firebomb the German city of Dresden. Smaller followup bombing raids last until April with a total death toll of between 35,000 to 130,000 civilians.