OnThisDay: February 15th
1879 - Congress authorized women lawyers to practice before the US Supreme Court
1922 - Marconi began regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex, England
1929 - St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago, IL.
1933 - US President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt
1944 - 891 British bombers attacked Berlin
1950 - Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
1964 - The Beatles' album "Meet the Beatles!" went to #1 & stayed #1 for 11 weeks
1971 - After 1200 years, Britain abandoned 12-shilling system for decimal system
1984 - 500,000 Iranian soldiers invaded Iraq
1989 - Soviet military occupation of Afghánistán ended
1995 - Dow Jones closed at a record 3986.17