It happened on… February 14

YouTube is launched by a group of students. The site will become the world’s largest video-sharing platform.

Release of the film “The Silence of the Lambs,” directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Winner of the 1992 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his book “The Satanic Verses.”

Whitney Houston’s debut album, “Whitney Houston,” is released. It would go on to win the 1986 Album of the Year award (Billboard).

Aretha Franklin’s song “Respect” is released; it is named Song of the Year for 1967 by Billboard.

Federico Fellini’s film “8½,” starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, is released. It would go on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1965.

The film “Dracula,” starring Bela Lugosi as the vampire, is released.

In Montreal, the Grey Nuns’ orphanage is engulfed in flames; 64 children lose their lives.