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Bonilla has the most infamous deferred deal in MLB history and still receives checks from the Mets, despite last playing for ...
But that was all small-time stuff compared to Patey’s coup on Feb. 14, 1968, when he announced he had purchased the wall where the St. Valentine’s Day massacre was held in Chicago.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1929, made news all over the world, including in The Fargo Forum, but you might be surprised at what else made news that day.
Valentine's Day has long been considered a time to celebrate romance and love with someone special. However, the full history of Valentine's Day is decidedly less romantic than you might think.
As couples across the world prepared for Valentine's Day in February 2025, a rumor cropped up on social media that St. Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers, but also of beekeepers ...
At the end of the 5th century, the celebration of Lupercalia was forbidden by Pope Gelasius I, who is often attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, according to Britannica.
Valentine's Day has a history shrouded in mystery. As NPR reported in 2022, s ome people trace the origins of Valentine's Day to Lupercalia, a brutal fertility festival held in ancient Rome in mid ...
Seven men were gunned down in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929, a hit believed ordered by Al Capone in an attempt to wipe out rival George "Bugs" Moran.
Valentine's Day has a complex history. Over time, it transformed into a celebration of love, providing a joyful reprieve from winter's bleakness.
Valentine’s Day, long embraced in Sheboygan, hasn’t always been rosy. Here's a look back. Among the not-so-rosy moments in the day's history was the beheading of St. Valentine near Feb. 14 ...
In a 1981 academic article, the late University of Kansas English professor Jack B. Oruch argued that Chaucer's 1375 poem “Parlement of Foules” was the first to record St. Valentine's Day as a ...