14th February

14 February has marked several significant global turning points. In Russia, on 14 February 1918, the Bolshevik government officially adopted the Gregorian calendar, abruptly moving the date forward by 13 days and aligning the new Soviet state with Western chronology. In China, 14 February 1950 witnessed the signing of the Sino–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, a major Cold War alliance that briefly reshaped Asian geopolitics. In India, the date is remembered for the 2019 Pulwama attack, a pivotal national-security crisis that triggered global diplomatic responses and sharply altered regional relations. Worldwide, 14 February 1876 saw Alexander Graham Bell file his telephone patent, a technological milestone that changed global communication. On 14 February 1929, the Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago exposed the violent peak of organized crime in the United States. (Sarvarthapedia)