Historical Events for 14th February 2023

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1831 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay
1945 - World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.
1952 - VI Winter Olympic Games open at Oslo, Norway
1971 - Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
1972 - Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1989 - World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1989 - The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System are placed into orbit.
2010 - 52nd Daytona 500: Jamie McMurray, driving for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing wins; Mark Martin, oldest polesitter in Daytona 500 history at 51 years, 27 days
2018 - Ex-student Nikolas Cruz shoots and kills 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida, before being captured
2018 - Dutch speed skater Jorien ter Mors wins her 3rd career Olympic gold medal in the 1,000m at Pyeongchang; 1,500m and team pursuit champion in Sochi (2014)

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