Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 14
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14 February: Major events in the arts
- 1991 – The psychological horror masterpiece The Silence of the Lambs was released in theaters, eventually becoming one of the few films to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards.
- 2005 – The video-sharing website YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, fundamentally changing the distribution of digital video art.
- 2016 – The 69th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were held, where The Revenant dominated, highlighting a major year for visceral cinematography.
- Jack Benny (b. 1894)
- Alan Parker (b. 1944)
- P. G. Wodehouse (d. 1975)
- Simon Pegg (b. 1970)