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What happened in history on this day: January 15?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 15 in ...
- 1984 - Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sign an agreement rescinding their original Macintosh applications contract, allowing Microsoft to market its own competing products.
- 1993 - Richard Page, co-founder and hardware chief of NeXT Computer, leaves the company.
- 1997 - Texas Instruments announces it will withdraw from the Intel-compatible processor business.
- 2002 - Sony Electronics introduces the Sony Clié PEG-T615C handheld computer, replacing the PEG-N610C. It features 65,536-color 320x320 pixel backlit TFT display, 16 MB RAM, Memory Stick expansion slot, USB connection, Palm OS 4.1, universal remote control. The lithium ion polymer battery powers the system for about 12 days. Price is about US$400; weight is 6 ounces; size is 4.8 x 2.8 x 0.6 inches.
- 2002 - Sony announces the Clie PEG-S360 handheld computer, replacing the PEG-S320. It features Palm OS, 16 MB RAM, Memory Stick port. Price is US$199.
- 2003 - MandrakeSoft of France files for bankruptcy protection.
- 2008 - At Macworld Expo, Apple introduces the MacBook Air laptop computer. It features Core2 Duo processor, 2 GB RAM, fixed battery, no optical drive, USB and micro-DVI ports, iSight camera, 80 GB hard drive, 64 GB solid-state drive, 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen LED 1280x800 color screen, AirPort Extreme WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, full-size keyboard and trackpad. Battery life is 5 hours. Weight is 3 pounds; size 12.8 x 8.9 x 0.76 inches; price is US$1799.
- 2008 - Microsoft releases the Office:mac 2008 office software for the Apple Mac computers in the US. price is US$400, or US$240 upgrade from a previous version.
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice the Toreador to theaters.
- 1926 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Balloon Race to theaters.
- 1943 - The special cartoon film Education For Death is released to theaters.
- 1943 - Disney delivers the film The Winged Scourge to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. It stars the seven dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1954 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Spare the Rod to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1956 - The Phantom Boats attraction in Disneyland closes (temporarily).
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Donald's Weekend.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fifth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Redcoat Strategy.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the eighth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Horses for Greene.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders, part two.
- 1970 - The Legacy of Walt Disney display opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1975 - The Space Mountain attraction opens in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Colonel James Irwin, pilot of Apollo 15 lunar module, is first official rider of Space Mountain.
- 1975 - The Carousel of Progress attraction opens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1986 - The Living Seas attraction opens in Future World in EPCOT Center, at Walt Disney World. It includes a 5.7 million gallon aquarium, Seabase Alpha area, films An Animated Atlas of the World, The Seas, Sea Watch, and Suited for the Sea, and Coral Reef Restaurant.
- 1988 - Disney generally releases the live-action feature film Good Morning, Vietnam to theaters. The film cost US$14 million to make.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring Wild Jack, part one.
- 1990 - Michael Eisner announces plans to expand the Walt Disney World theme parks, and to add a fourth park during the 1990s. EPCOT Center is to add a pavilion from the Soviet Union, and 16 new attractions are planned for the Disney-MGM Studios.
- 1990 - NBC TV airs the series pilot Blue Bayou.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Paramount Pictures live-action feature film Alive in the US.
- 1997 - The show Walt Disney's World on Ice - The Spirit of Pocahontas opens in New York, running until February 2.
- 1999 - The first unit of Disney's All-Star Movies Resort opens in Walt Disney World.
- 2002 - Disney re-releases the film Tron, on DVD and videocassette in the US.
- 2004 - Disney board member George Mitchell encourages Comcast to make a letter bid for Disney.
- 1953 - The second Corvette prototype (#856) is completed, ready for mechanical testing.
- 2000 - At the National Corvette Restorers' Society meet in Orlando, Florida, Dana Mecum conducts an auction of 67 Corvettes, selling 40. Some highlights:
- 1953 number 35: US$83,500;
- 1959 all black, 270-hp 283-ci engine, 4-speed transmission: US$53,500;
- 1962 all black, fuel-injected 360-hp engine: US$48,750;
- 1966 427-ci: US$43,000.
- 2003 - In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction is held, over five days. 53 of 59 Corvettes are sold, for US$3.1 million. Some highlights (prices include buyer's fee):
- 1954 black (only four built), red interior: US$79,920;
- 1955 Gypsy Red, six-cylinder engine (only 10-14 built), white top and interior: US$73,440;
- 1958 fuel-injected: US$114,480;
- 1967 Marlboro Maroon convertible, 427-ci 435-hp, 25020 miles: US$116,640;
- 1967 Rally Red coupe, 427-ci 435-hp, red interior, side exhausts, bold-on wheels: US$124,200;
- 1967 green convertible, 427-ci 435-hp, 4-speed: US$129,000;
- 1968 blue convertible, blue interior, L-88 engine, 13,590 miles: US$135,000.
- 2005 - In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over nine days. Chevrolet unveils the 2006 Corvette Z06, with 7-litre LS7 engine, 500 hp, 475 pound-feet torque.
- 2007 - In Phoenix, Arizona, RM Auctions conducts the Vintage Motor Cars auction. Some highlights:
- 1954 Black (one of four made): US$78,000;
- 1957 Onyx Black, 283-ci 283-hp engine, 4-speed manual: US$92,500;
- 1959 Snowcrest White with Silver coves, 283-ci 245-hp engine, 4-speed manual: US$88,000;
- 1967 black convertible, first RPO-L88 engine known to exist, ordered by Tony DeLorenzo Jr, raced in SCCA A-Production, bid to US$1,550,000, no sale.
- 2008 - (to January 20) In Scottsdale, Arizona, the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is held. Some highlights:
- 1958 Panama Yellow with white coves, 283-ci 270-hp engine, 4-speed transmission: US$165,000;
- 1958 Regal Turquoise with white coves, charcoal interior, 283-ci 290-hp engine, hard top: US$180,000;
- 1958 black exterior, red interior, 283-ci 290-hp engine, 4-speed transmission, radio-delete, and 2008 black exterior, black interior, Z06 7.0-litre 505-hp engine, both cars with same VIN: US$260,000;
- 1959 silver with white coves, 283-ci 240-hp engine, T-10 transmission: US$220,000;
- 1959 white with white coves, red interior, 283-ci 290-hp engine: US$160,000;
- 1959 gray exterior, 450-hp LS-2 engine: US$150,000;
- 1959 silver with white coves, red interior, 283-ci 290-hp engine, 4-speed transmission: US$120,000;
- 1960 Tuxedo Black with silver coves, black interior, black hardtop, 4-speed transmission, fuel-injected 283-ci 290-hp engine: US$135,000;
- 1963 light blue unique Rondine concept car by Pinanfarina: US$1.6 million;
- 1966 Nassau Blue convertible, 4-speed transmission, 427-ci 390-hp engine, side-exhausts: US$100,000;
- 1967 Ermine White convertible, blue stinger and interior, 427-ci 435-hp engine, side exhausts: US$145,000;
- 1967 Tuxedo Black coupe, red stinger, black interior, side exhausts, 427-ci 435-hp L-89 engine, 4-speed transmission: US$180,000;
- 1967 Rally Red exterior, black interior, 427-ci 435-hp engine, 4-speed transmission, side exhausts, knock-off wheels: US$200,000;
- 1968 dark green convertible, 427-ci 435-hp L89 engine: US$137,500;
- 1971 gold coupe, black interior, ZR2, 454-ci 425-hp engine, 4-speed transmission, one of twelve built: US$325,000;
- 2009 LeMans Blue ZR1, 620-hp supercharged engine, first saleable car, only one with this paint, many extras: US$1 million.
- 2019 - (to January 20) In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction takes place. At least 61 Corvettes are sold at auction. Some highlights of non-customs:
- 1953 white #290: US$200,000;
- 1956 blue with white coves, 255ci 225hp engine: US$155,000;
- 1967 blue coupe with black stinger hood, 427ci 435hp engine, 4-speed manual transmission, side exhaust: US$155,000;
- 1968 white coupe with red interior, L88 engine, 4-speed manual transmission: US$265,000;
- 1972 red convertible with black hard top, LT1 350ci 360hp engine, air conditioning: US$185,000;
- 1988 35th Anniversary: US$350,000;
- 2016 black C7R, supercharged 650hp LT4 engine, owned by Jeff Gordon: US$400,000 (donated back and re-sold for US$200,000).
- 1941 - The British Air Ministry issues a directive to Bomber Command regarding the importance of German oil targets.
- 1942 - American British Dutch Australian (ABDA) command starts function at Batavia on Java.
- 1943 - British forces in North Africa commence an attack on Erwin Rommel's forces.
- 1943 - The American army agrees to co-fund an anthrax-producing site at Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada.
- 1943 - (evening) 157 British Bombers attack German submarine bases at Lorient.
- 1944 - Dwight Eisenhower begins his command of Operation Overlord.
- 1944 - Erwin Rommel takes command of the German 15th and 17th armies.
- 1946 - In Melbourne, Australia, a court sentences Japanese Captain Kato to death by shooting for the execution of an Australian prisoner in Netherlands New Guinea.
- 1946 - In Canton, China, Huang Meili is executed by firing squad. Meili was convicted of collecting Chinese financial information for the Japanese during the occupation.
- 1946 - In Naples, Italy, a US military commission sentences three German Gestapo officers to be hanged for the murder of seven Allied soldiers. The three are SS Major August Schiffer, SS Under-Officer Albert Storz, and SS Lieutenant Heinrich Andergassen. A forth guilty person, gendarme Hans Butz, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1965 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps.
- 2007 - An Italian court sentences ten former SS members to life imprisonment for merders committed in Marzabotta, near Bologna, between September 29 and October 5, 1944, by retreating Nazi troops. Up to 1800 civilians were massacred. Preparations of about 100 million euros is to be paid.
- 1968 - Ralph Baer applies for a patent on his invention of the television video game system.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Mario Tennis video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2003 - Tecmo releases the Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball video game for the Xbox in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 1631 - King Gustav Adolf guarantees the neutrality of the Elector of Bavaria and the Catholic League.
- 2009 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2009 Cross Country Skiing 25-cent coin to circulation.
- 1991 - Aubrey and Adeline Bebee of Omaha, Nebraska, donate the Idler specimen Class III 1804 silver dollar to the ANA's Money Museum. The coin is valued at $1 million.
- 2009 - The US Mint releases the 2009 Native American dollar to circulation.
- 1857 - First first-class cricket game in Sydney: New South Wales versus Victoria at The Domain.
- 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball, in Triangle Magazine, Massachusetts.
- 1895 - Albert Trott takes record 8-43 on cricket Test debut.
- 1905 - Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1908 - C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia.
- 1930 - George Headley scores cricket century on debut versus England (made 176).
- 1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 baseball contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut).
- 1936 - Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants.
- 1939 - First NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field.
- 1942 - Chicago Cubs drop plans to install lights at Wrigley Field due to World War II.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during war.
- 1956 - Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1956 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30.
- 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new three-year lease for Ebbets Field.
- 1958 - New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
- 1961 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31.
- 1961 - Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open.
- 1962 - 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4).
- 1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City, New York.
- 1966 - AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19.
- 1966 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7.
- 1967 - At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first-ever world championship game (later called the Super Bowl) of American football. A crowd of 61,946 people is on hand. For their win, each member of the Packers collect $15,000: this is the largest single-game share in the history of team sports.
- 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers make their first trade (with Oakland Athletics).
- 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier knocks out Terry Daniels.
- 1974 - 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle, Washington.
- 1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament.
- 1978 - Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Players: defensive end Harvey Martin, and defensive tackle Randy White.
- 1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1983 - Hartford Whalers' smallest crowd 4,812 (beat New Jersey Devils) during blizzard.
- 1983 - Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand versus India.
- 1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match tennis winning streak.
- 1984 - Schönbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44).
- 1985 - Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both score 200's versus India.
- 1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes.
- 1988 - Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record.
- 1988 - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) versus West Indies on Test debut.
- 1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
- 1990 - 42-year-old George Foreman knocks out George Cooney in two rounds.
- 1990 - Toronto Blue Jays' player Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit Tigers as a free agent.
- 1990 - New York Knicks' Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 second remaining, beats Chicago Bulls, 109-106.
- 1991 - Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1991 - Birth of Rubab Raza, Pakistan swimmer.
- 1995 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion.
- 1995 - San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship.
- 1995 - San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship.
- 1997 - Chicago Bulls' player Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amos, in the groin.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats San Jose Sharks by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Ottawa Senators beats Edmonton Oilers by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Ageles Kings beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Arizona Coyotes by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Anaheim Ducks by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Saint Louis Blues by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Dallas Stars by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats New York Islanders by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Vancouver Canucks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Nashville Predators by score 4-3.
- 1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5, which docks with Soyuz 4 in orbit. It is the first-ever docking of two manned spacecraft, and the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another.
- 1976 - US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station.
- 2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron and other surface elements on the moon.
- 2006 - NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.
- 2007 - Comet McNaught makes perigee after coming close to the sun.
- 1777 - People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England.
- 1780 - Continental Congress establishes court of appeals.
- 1831 - First US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes first run; Mr and Mrs Pierson of Charleston, South Carolina make first US railroad honeymoon trip.
- 1839 - Texas adopts the silver and gold coins of the USA as their official monetary standard.
- 1841 - Bank of the United States resumes specie payments after 15 months suspension.
- 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana, USA.
- 1847 - First Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in New York City, New York.
- 1861 - General John A. Dix is appointed Treasury Secretary.
- 1863 - First US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal.
- 1865 - Fort Fisher, North Carolina falls to US troops.
- 1870 - Donkey first used as symbol of American Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly.
- 1872 - The US Supreme Court rules the Legal Tender Acts are constitutional.
- 1877 - US Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens.
- 1882 - First US ski club forms, in Berlin, New Hampshire.
- 1889 - The Pemberton Medicine Company (later the Coca-Cola Company), is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball, in Triangle Magazine, Massachusetts.
- 1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, USA, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
- 1936 - Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates.
- 1938 - Solicitor General Stanley Reed is appointed to the US Supreme Court.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during war.
- 1943 - 1,000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon.
- 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. Total cost of construction: $83 million.
- 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower begins his command of Operation Overlord.
- 1950 - 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC.
- 1951 - US Supreme Court rules "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest.
- 1953 - Sixteen-car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington DC station.
- 1953 - Harry S. Truman became the first U.S. President to use radio and TV to deliver his farewell address upon leaving office.
- 1964 - Teamsters negotiate first national labor contract.
- 1967 - At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first-ever world championship game (later called the Super Bowl) of American football. A crowd of 61,946 people is on hand. For their win, each member of the Packers collect $15,000: this is the largest single-game share in the history of team sports.
- 1968 - Ralph Baer applies for a patent on his invention of the television video game system.
- 1973 - Four Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam.
- 1974 - Expert panel reports 18.5 minute gap in Watergate tape, five separate erasures.
- 1975 - Space Mountain opens at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
- 1976 - Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot US President Gerald Ford.
- 1976 - US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit.
- 1978 - Ted Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman.
- 1986 - HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling their national satellite feeds.
- 1986 - The Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World.
- 1988 - Disney generally releases the live-action feature film Good Morning, Vietnam to theaters. The film cost US$14 million to make.
- 1989 - Cerberal Palsy telethon raises US$22,600,000.
- 1990 - AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch.
- 1991 - Sean Lennon's remake of his father's "Give Peace A Chance" is released to coincide with the United Nation's midnight deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The lyrics were updated to reflect concerns of the 1990's.
- 2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States allows the extension of copyright terms in the U.S.
- 2004 - In the USA, Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and endorses Howard Dean.
- 2008 - In Michigan, USA, the Rupublican caucuses choose Mitt Romney as candidate for the presidential election on November.
- 2008 - The governments of Singapore, Kuwait, and South Korea invest US$21 billion in American finance companies Citigroup and Merrill Lynch through sovereign-wealth funds.
- 2009 - A US Airways Airbus 320 Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River off New York City shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, after birds disable both engines. All 155 passengers and crew members are safely rescued.
- 2009 - Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank, posts its first quarterly loss in 17 years, of US$1.79 billion.
- 2009 - The US Mint releases the 2009 Native American dollar to circulation.
Other history:
- 1934 - 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die.
- 1973 - President Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam.
- 2001 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.
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