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