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.

OTD February 14 - Valentine's Day Massacre
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United States Department of Justice

1929: In what's termed the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Ill.

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