February 14
1817
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist leader, born into slavery.
1883
New Jersey becomes the first state to legalize unions.
1957
Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), in Atlanta.
1971
President Richard Nixon ordered a secret taping system in the White House.
Nixon Tape Reel; Government Exhibit 133: Chapstick Tubes with Hidden Microphones, ca. 1972
1997
In “Prince of Peace Plowshares,” six activists poured blood and symbolically disarmed the U.S.S. Sullivans, a nuclear-capable Aegis destroyer at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. All were eventually convicted of trespass and destruction of government property.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 