TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Today is Tuesday, February 15, the 46th day of 2011. There are 319 days left in the year.

399 ― Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death

1842 ― First adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City

1906 ― British Labour Party organizes

1931 ― First Dracula movie released

1932 ― U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1961 ― Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash

1964 ―Beatles' ``Meet the Beatles!" album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks

1989 ― Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends

1995 ―Dow-Jones closes at record 3,986.17

1995 ― Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion