February 15

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[edit] Events

• 399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
• 1995 - Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States most "secure" computer systems.

[edit] Births

• 1458 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• 1725 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
• 1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
• 1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)
• 1890 - Robert Ley, head of the German Labour Front (DAP) (d. 1945)
• 1910 - Irena Sendler, Polish resistance "fighter" against Germany.

[edit] Deaths

• 1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)