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Valentine's Day Facts
Valentine's Day is the single day in the calendar
which is specifically meant for the celebration of all kinds of love.
However, the love that holds the most importance on this day is the one
between couples. Throughout the world, you will find lovers spending
some romantic moments together, on this day. The entire credit of the
massive popularity of the Valentine's Day goes to the commercialization
that is ruling the world. Although the celebration of Valentine's Day
has gained popularity in the recent time, it has long dated history.
There are numerous legends and trivia associated with this festival of
love Come, lets us share some of the interesting trivia related to
Valentine's Day.
Valentines Day Facts
- During the Medieval times, it was believed that if the girls eat
certain kinds of foods on St. Valentine's Day, they will have a
dream of their future husband.
- The great English explorer and navigator Captain James Cook was
murdered by the natives of Hawaii on February 14th 1799.
- According to some people, if a woman sees a robin-flying above
her head on Valentine's Day, it means she would marry a sailor. On
the other hand, if she sees a sparrow, she would get married to a
poor man and be very happy. If she sees a goldfinch, she would marry
a very prosperous person.
- In the country of England, the Romans, who had taken over the
country, had pioneered a pagan fertility event every February 14.
Pope Gelsius, was the one who established St. Valentine's Day, as a
celebration of love in 496 A.D and abolished the pagan ritual, when
the Romans left England.
- On Valentine's Day of 1876, Alexander Graham Bell applied for his
patent on the telephone.
- During the Middle Ages, people held the notion that the first
unmarried person of the opposite sex you met on the morning of St.
Valentine's Day would become your future life partner.
- A day after Valentines Day i.e. February 15th was the date of the
Roman festival of Lupercalia - where young men held a lottery to
choose which girl would be their spouse.
- It wasn't until 1537 that St. Valentine's Day was confirmed an
authorized holiday. England's King Henry VIII affirmed 14th February
a holiday in 1537, for the first time.
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