Do you know The Saint Valentine"s day massacre ?
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At around 10:30 AM on February 14, 1929 some members of Capone's South Side Italian gang disguised themselves as policemen, rounded up six members of Moran's North Side Irish gang, lined them up against the wall of the S-M-C Cartage Company's garage which was located at 2122 N. Clark Street in Lincoln Park, and executed them.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day_massacre
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We used to meet there & Devil worship in the 70's. Frightening stuff! A couple of people died there!
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During the Roman Empire, St. Valentine (one of the first Catholic saints) would marry couples under the Christian rites (forbidden at that time, reason for which he was martirized). That's why he's considered the saint associated with love. Feb. 14 is the date associated to him by the R.C.C.
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Valentines originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity.  He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries.  Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine".
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well..here it is..\n\nEveryone thinks they know the origin of Valentine's Day. According to the most commonly accepted story, Emperor Claudius of Rome issued a decree forbidding marriage in the year 271. Roman generals had found that married men did not make very good soldiers, because they wanted to return as quickly as possible to their wives and children-and they didn't want to leave them to fight the emperor's battles in the first place. So Claudius issued his edict that there should be no more marriages, and all single men should report for duty.\n \nA priest named Valentine deemed such a decree an abomination, and he secretly continued to marry young lovers. When Claudius learned of this extreme act of disobedience to his imperial command, he ordered the priest dragged off to prison and had him executed on February 14.\n \nFather Valentine, the friend of sweethearts, became a martyr to love and the sanctity of marriage, and when the Church gained power in the Roman Empire, the Holy See was quick to make him a saint.\n \nThe early Church fathers were well aware of the popularity of a vast number of heathen gods and goddesses, as well as the dates of observation of pagan festivals, so they set about replacing as many of the entities and the holidays as possible with ecclesiastical saints and feast days. Mid-February had an ancient history of being devoted to acts of love of a far more passionate and lusty nature than the Church wished to bless, and the bishops moved as speedily as possible to claim the days of February 14 through 17 as belonging to Saint Valentine, the courageous martyr to the ties that bound couples in Christian love.
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St. Valentine's Day falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in certain cultures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending Valentine's cards, which are often anonymous. The history of Valentine's day can be traced back to a Catholic Church feast day, in honor of Saint Valentine. The day's associations with romantic love arrived after the High Middle Ages, during which the concept of romantic love was formulated.\n\nThe day is now most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, the practice of hand writing notes has largely given way to the exchange of mass-produced greeting cards. The Greeting Card Association estimates that, world-wide, approximately one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association also estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.
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Go to wikipedia and read about it. If there are such events!
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saint valentine was a roman martyred for not giving up christianity and was killed on february 14th 269 A.D so i like to think it baecame a day of loved because he was willing to die for something he loved which to me is a big part of what love is supposed to be about.
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Aside from John Lennon being murdered 25 years ago today, you can learn about what else happened here:\n\nhttp://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstory
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When are you talking about?\n\nFor example, the St. Valentines Day Massacre (gang slaying) took place in Chicago during the depression.  Really fun research into that one -- lots of movies on it too!\n\nGoing back further, there were Mormon massacres in Nauvoo, IL in the 1840s.  Is that what you are talking about?  Less available on this, but you can read "Nauvoo, Kingdom on Mississippi" by Robert Bruce Flanders.\n\nThere have been lots of massacres in Illinois.  How far back are you talking, and what is the subject?
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i have... i lost a friend that i grew up with, we knew each other sence 2nd grade and i found out that he died in iraq on valentines day, i am also over here in iraq. he was a marine i am in the army. \n\nrsp2aithooah@yahoo.com
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people yelled at each other, threw drinks in other peoples faces, slept with others boyfriends/husbands girlfriends/wives, had a child that didn't belong to their husband.  There was also someone that got shot, kidnapped, and lied to....stay tuned until tomorrow
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Here's a big database of all that have been killed over there so far.\n\n\nAnswer your question?  Leave me the credit!   :-)
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A bunch of people dies on Valentines Day.
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wrong\n\nEvery February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.\n\nOne legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.\n\nOther stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.  \n  \n According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl -- who may have been his jailor's daughter -- who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=need+valentine
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Yeah; there was a bar fight in Halifax and an American sailor ws stabbed and killed.  As a Canadian I am so sorry that happened.  :(\n\nhttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/11/05/sailor-killed.html