February 14 in history: • 1779 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Kettle Creek, a militia of Patriots decisively defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta, Georgia. → go there • 1895 – Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (production pictured), once described as the second-most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London. → go there • 1916 – World War I: Britain, France and Russia made the Declaration of Sainte-Adresse, stating that they would refuse to sign any peace treaty with the Central Powers that failed to ensure the political and economic independence of Belgium. → go there • 1961 – Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. → go there • 2011 – Arab Spring: On the Day of Rage, Bahraini youths began an uprising against the government in 55 marches across 25 locations. → go there Born 1891: Katherine Stinson Wiki link Born 1921: Hazel McCallion Wiki link Born 1946: Pam McConnell Wiki link Died 2021: Doug Mountjoy Wiki link Pictured: First production of ''The Importance of Being Earnest''.