On this day, February 14

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2026

Policy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Homeland Security Goes Dark for a Record 76 Days
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, St. Elizabeths West Campus, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of Homeland Security
02/14/2026 - 04/30/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better261 days ago
DHS was without routine funding from 14 February 2026 until the President signed the funding bill on 30 April 2026, a record 76 days.^[1]
A two-week stopgap for DHS alone ran out on 14 February 2026, and the department stayed unfunded for 76 days - the longest shutdown of a single agency in US history - until the President signed a bipartisan bill on 30 April.

On this day, February 14 · Chronopin

2025

Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Drone strike breaches Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: a Russian "Geran-2" drone struck the New Safe Confinement structure at approximately 1:50 a.m. on February 14, 2025.
A Russian drone struck Chernobyl's €2BN New Safe Confinement shelter, tearing a hole in the roof and starting a fire that burned for weeks.
Movie10/05/2026@FilmDesk
Captain America: Brave New World Opens in US Theaters
500 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521Marvel Studios
Starts 02/14/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.7 years ago
Wikipedia's^[2][5] infobox, Rotten Tomatoes^[3] (Release Date (Theaters)) and Wikipedia's list of Marvel^[6] Cinematic Universe films all give February 14, 2025 as the US release date. Box Office Mojo^[4] shows some overseas markets opening a few days earlier, and the premiere was earlier still, but the US date is used.
Julius Onah's Captain America: Brave New World, with Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson and Harrison Ford as President Ross, opened in US theaters on 14 February 2025.

2024

Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Ferrero Reports 2022/23 Turnover of EUR 17 Billion
Ferrero International S.A., 16 Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, Niederanven, 2633, LuxembourgFerrero
Starts 02/14/2024 10:00AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.7 years ago
The release is datelined "Luxembourg, 14 February 2024" and its PR Newswire^[2] copy is stamped "Feb 14, 2024, 05:00 ET".
Ferrero's turnover jumped 20.7% to EUR 17 billion in the year to 31 August 2023, boosted by the Wells Enterprises ice-cream deal; plants rose from 32 to 37 and staff to 47,212.
Energy09/28/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Offshore Closes Its Purchase of ExxonMobil's Santa Ynez Unit
700, Milam Street, Downtown, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77002, United StatesSable Offshore
Starts 02/14/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.7 years ago
Sable's 8-K: 'the transactions contemplated by the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement were consummated on February 14, 2024 (the "Sable-EM Closing Date") immediately after the Closing'.^[1]
Blank-check company Flame Acquisition merged with Sable Offshore and, the same day, bought ExxonMobil's three Santa Ynez Unit platforms, the Las Flores Canyon plant and the pipeline behind the 2015 Refugio spill, financed by a $625 million Exxon term loan. The new NYSE-listed Sable set out to restart production shut in since 2015.
$625M
Property10/10/2026@BuildDesk
Cherry Hill Senior Manor — Baltimore affordable housing
901 Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore, MD 21225Pennrose Management Company
Starts 02/14/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.7 years ago
Pin date 2024-02-14 is the rehabilitation announcement; original placed-in-service year per HUD is 2002.^[1]
Income-restricted one- and two-bedroom apartments for independent adults aged 62+ in South Baltimore. Property information reviewed October 10, 2026. Published rents: 1 bedroom — operator-listed $1,169, 2 bedroom — operator-listed $1,401.