SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Today is Saturday, February 15, the 46th day of 2014. There are 319 days left in the year.

399 ― Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death

1903 ― First Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom

1906 ― British Labour Party organizes

1931 ― First Dracula movie released

1936 ― Hitler announces building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game)

1946 ― Bank of England nationalized

1964 ― Beatles’ “Meet the Beatles!” album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks

1984 ― 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq

1989 ― Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends

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