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Days Until Valentine's Day

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February 14th, 2026

About Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day has been celebrated as a romantic holiday since the Middle Ages

📚 Interesting Facts

Valentine's Day has been celebrated as a romantic holiday since the Middle Ages

Approximately 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually worldwide

The oldest known Valentine's Day message was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans

Teachers receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, and wives

About 9 million people buy Valentine's gifts for their pets

🎊 Traditions & Celebrations

Exchanging cards, flowers, and chocolates with loved ones

Going out for romantic dinners

Proposing marriage or declaring love

Sending red roses (symbol of love)

Celebrating friendship with 'Galentine's Day' on February 13th

📜 Historical Events on This Day

269

Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred

1876

Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone

1929

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre occurred in Chicago

1946

ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, was unveiled

2005

YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees

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