Born on February 14, 1975

Julian Huxley spent his life bridging the gap between evolutionary biology and global conservation, ultimately co-founding the World Wide Fund for Nature. His death in 1975 removed a leading voice for international environmental cooperation, leaving behind a framework for protecting endangered species that remains the backbone of modern global wildlife preservation efforts.

P. G. Wodehouse died in Southampton, New York, on February 14, 1975, six weeks after the Queen knighted him. He was 93. He'd written 96 books. The knighthood came 34 years late — delayed because he'd made radio broadcasts from Berlin during World War II while interned by the Germans. He thought he was being funny, describing camp life to American audiences. Britain called it collaboration. He never returned home. He spent his last decades on Long Island, still writing every morning, still creating the same English country houses he'd been banned from. His last novel came out the year he died.