February 15, 1980

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Historical Events on this Date:
399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri established.
1879 - Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1898 - Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
1903 - Morris Michtom and his wife Rose introduce the first teddy bear in America.
1946 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
1953 - Seventeen-year-old Tenley Albright becomes the first American to win the world figure skating championship.
1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
1976 - The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
1989 - Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops had left Afghanistan.
1991 - The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1995 - Hacking: Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States' most "secure" computer systems.
1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 after 20 years of disappointment.
2000 - Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins the Daytona 500, six years to the day when his father won his only Daytona 500.
2005 - YouTube, a popular video-sharing website, is established.

Notable Births:
1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
1725 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
1803 - John Sutter, California pioneer (d. 1880)
1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)
1882 - John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
1898 - Totò, Italian actor, writer, and composer (d. 1967)
1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
1929 - James Schlesinger, American politician
1940 - John Hadl, American football player
1948 - Ron Cey, baseball player
1949 - Ken Anderson, American football player
1951 - Jane Seymour, British actress
1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist
1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)
1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1978 - Tuan Le, American poker player
1980 - Cromwell Jorguensoun, American pseudonym

Notable Deaths:
1145 - Pope Lucius II
1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)

Holidays:
Total Defence Day in Singapore
Flag Day in Canada
National Day in Serbia
John Frum Day in Vanuatu