On this day: February 14
POSTED: 08:55 PM PST Feb 13, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 13, 2013
Saint Valentine dies a martyr, President Polk has his picture snapped, Al Capone sends his foes a violent Valentine's Day message, and Jackie Kennedy invites TV viewers inside the White House, all on this day.
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270: Saint Valentine dies a martyr on Via Flaminia in the north of Rome. Little is known about St. Valentine, with many of the current legends about him being invented in the 14th century in England when the feast day of Feb. 14 first became associated with romantic love. This painting from the 1600s depicts a kneeling Saint Valentine receiving a rosary from the Virgin Mary.
