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February 1

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What happened in history on this day: February 1?

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 February 1 in ...

Personal computer history:

  • 1991 - id Software is incorporated.
  • 1999 - Microsoft announces a new version of Windows CE, adding support for color displays.
  • 2008 - Lenovo releases the ThinkPad X300 portable computer online to resellers.

Walt Disney Company history:

  • 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Gets Stung to theaters.
  • 1926 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Little Parade to theaters.
  • 1956 - The Mule Pack attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland closes.
  • 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled A Day in the Life of Donald Duck.
  • 1970 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Smoke, part one.
  • 1973 - The Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland ride at Disneyland closes.
  • 1973 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The World's Greatest Athlete to theaters.
  • 1987 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled You Ruined My Life.
  • 1989 - Disney launches Hollywood Pictures.
  • 1990 - Disney releases the film Bambi on laserdisc in the US, for US$30-40.
  • 1991 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Run to theatres.
  • 1994 - The US government leases the Disney Inn hotel at Walt Disney World and renames it Shades of Green, for use by the US Army.
  • 2000 - The TV special "Disneyland 2000: 45 Years of Magic" airs, hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
  • 2000 - Buena Home Entertainment releases the film Tarzan on videocassette and DVD in the US.
  • 2002 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Count of Monte Cristo to theaters in the US.
  • 2003 - The Diamond Horseshoe Revue show closes at Walt Disney World.
  • 2005 - The name of the Bonnet Creek Golf Club at Walt Disney World is changed to Eagle Pines & Osprey Ridge Golf Club.
  • 2011 - Disney releases the film Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 direct to the home video market in the USA.

Chevrolet Corvette history:

  • 1969 - At the Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held.
    • Finishing 1st in GT +5000 class and 16th overall is the Zorian Productions #96 Corvette driven by Smokey Drolet, John Tremblay, Vince Gimondo, and John Belperche.
    • Tony DeLorenzo races the Owens Corning Fiberglass #66 Corvette Sting Ray L88 but does not finish due to a fire.
    • Wedge Rafferty races the Wes Rafferty #16 Corvette but does not finish due to engine failure.
    • Jerry Thompson, Jim Harrell, and Tony DeLorenzo race the Owens Corning Fiberglass #67 Corvette Sting Ray but do not finish due to an accident.
    • Ed Lowther, Robert Esseks, and Frank Dominianni race the Robert D. Esseks #69 Corvette L88 but do not finish due to engine failure.

  • 1975 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held.
    • Placing 13th in GTO class, 5th in GT class, and 19th overall is the Jerry Thompson #18 Corvette driven by Jerry Thompson, Andrew Bach, and Don Yenko. The car is not running at the finish.
    • Finishing 15th in GTO class, 6th in GT class, and 21st overall is the Bill Arnold #73 Corvette driven by Bill Arnold, and Bob Biernerth.
    • Finishing 20th in GTO class and 29th overall is the James W. Persinger #98 Corvette driven by James Alspaugh and Gene Persinger.
    • Placing 28th in GTO class, and 42nd overall is the John Greenwood #75 Corvette driven by John Greenwood, Vince Muzzin, and Carl Shafer. The car is not running at the finish due to an accident.
    • Placing 30th in GTO class, and 45th overall is the Garcia Racing #15 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia and George Garcia. The car is not running at the finish.
    • Placing 31st in GTO class, and 46th overall is the John Carusso #42 Corvette driven by John Carusso and Dick Vreeland. The car is not running at the finish due to engine failure.

  • 1983 - General Motors first begins officially using the name Corvette for toy cars, etc.
  • 1986 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the 24th Sunbank 24 at Daytona race is held, over two days.
    • The Hendrick Motorsports Corvette GTP driven by Sarel Van Der Merwe and Bill Adam qualifies in record time, but is withdrawn prior to the race due to a vibration during the morning warm-up.
    • Don Knowles, Bob McConnell, and Tommy Morrison race the #88 1986 Corvette, but a broken transmission ends its race.
    • Ron Grable, Bobby Carradine, and John Heinricy race the #87 1986 Corvette, but a broken transmission ends its race as well.

  • 2002 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, round 1 of the Grand-Am Cup series is held.
    • Finishing 2nd in GSI class and 2nd overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
    • Finishing 7th in GSI class and 7th overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Michael Weinberg and Stu Hayner.
    • Finishing 8th in GSI class and 8th overall is the Planet Earth Motorsports #43 Corvette, driven by Joe Nonnamaker, Shane Lewis, and Will Nonnamaker.

  • 2003 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round one of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
    • Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 10th overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Charles Morgan, Rob Morgan, Lance Norick, and Jim Pace.
    • Placing 6th in GTS class and 21st overall is the Flis Motorsports #09 Corvette, driven by Paul Menard, James Briody, Doug Goad, and Paul Mears Jr. The car is not running at the finish.
    • Placing 7th in GTS class and 26th overall is the ACP Motorsports / Xtreme Racing Group #19 Corvette, driven by Anthony Puleo, Robert Dubler, Kerry Hitt, and Mark Kennedy. The car is not running at the finish due to overheating.
    • Placing 8th in GTS class and 27th overall is the Team Re/Max Racing #05 Corvette, driven by Craig Conway, Rick Carelli, Davy Liniger, and John Metcalf. The car is not running at the finish due to overheating.
    • Placing 10th in GTS class and 30th overall is the Derhaag Motorsports #40 Corvette, driven by Derek Bell, Justin Bell, Simon Gregg, and Kenny Wilden. The car is not running at the finish due to a failed water pump. The Corvette placed first in qualifying, but is forced to start in seventh place, behind the Daytona Prototype class cars, some of which did not even qualify.

World War II history:

  • 1942 - Bombers and torpedo bombers from the US carrier Enterprise attack Japanese positions in Kwajalein and the island of Taroa in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. No planes are shot down.
  • 1942 - (evening) In the Philippines, about 13 Japanese landing barges are spotted approaching Agaloma Bay.
  • 1943 - The German 21st Panzer Division of the 5th Panzer Army captures the French garrison at Faid pass.
  • 1943 - The whole area of Le Panier, Marseille, France, is detonated: 34 acres, 1924 buildings, thousands of homes.
  • 1943 - A British Stirling bomber with H2S technology crashes in Holland, potentially giving the Germans a head-start on understanding and countering the technology.
  • 1944 - The Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff agrees to postpone Operation Overlord by a month.
  • 1944 - American forces invade Kwajalein.
  • 1945 - US General Dwight Eisenhower issues a directive authorizing Operations Veritable and Grenade.
  • 1947 - A German de-Nazification court convicts Franz von Papen as a "Major Offender", sentencing him to 8 years hard labor.
  • 1973 - The USSR issues six postage stamps marking the 30th anniversary of victory over Germany at Stalingrad.
  • 2001 - The British government issues 10,000 Pound compensation packages for those British citizens (or surviving spouses) held prisoner by the Japanese in World War II.

Video game history:

  • 1982 - Coleco signs a contract with Nintendo for exclusive rights to home and table-top conversions of Donkey Kong. nintendo grants Coleco a six-month exclusive license for undisclosed cash plus royalty of $1 per tabletop machine and $1.40 per cartridge.
  • 1989 - Atari files a lawsuit against Nintendo for US$250 million in US District Court. Atari accuses Nintendo of violation of anti-trust laws, due to Nintendo's licensing agreements preventing licensees from releasing game titles on competing systems for two years.
  • 1990 - Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
  • 2000 - Sega releases the Crazy Taxi video game for the Dreamcast in the US.
  • 2005 - Konami releases the Winning Eleven 8 video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
  • 2005 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox Assault video game for the GameCube in the US. Included is a full unlockable version of classic game Xevious.

Swedish history:

  • 1713 - (about 1200 hours) 3,000 Janissaries from Bender commence an attack on King Karl's position. After eight hours of fierce fighting, Karl is finally captured. 15 Swedes and over 200 Turks died in the battle. King Karl is taken prisoner to Demotika, near Adrianople (Constantinople).
  • 2000 - The Bank of Sweden presents to the King millenium coins featuring, for the first time on a coin, portraits of King Carl Gustav and daughter Crown Princess Victoria.

A&W Root Beer history:

  • 1960 - The A & W Root Beer Company applies for a service mark on an image of a large glass mug with "A & W" and "ROOT BEER", a curved handle, and foam on top of the mug.
  • 1996 - The A & W Concentrate Company first uses an image of a barrel and text "Barrel Aged, Bold Taste!".

Canadian coin history:

  • 1936 - A Proclamation authorizes a change in legend and design for the dollar coin for 1936.
  • 1950 - The Canadian Numismatic Association is officially launched, with over 200 members.
  • 1965 - Minister of Finance Walter Gordon announces that the Royal Canadian Mint will expand production of 1965 mint sets later in the year, so that all orders it receives will be filled.
  • 1999 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases to circulation the second 1999 25c coin, featuring a "Etched in Stone" design, inspired by petroglyphs.
  • 2022 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2022 6-coin specimen set, featuring the Swift Fox, 3rd in the Endangered Species series. Mintage limited to 30,000 sets.

USA coin history:

  • 1867 - The Philadelphia Mint begins production of 5-cent coins without rays in the reverse design.
  • 1883 - The Philadelphia Mint begins production of new design 5-cent coins for circulation.
  • 2009 - (to February 3) Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles conducts a coin auction in Los Angeles. Some highlights:
    • 1879 $4 gold pattern, Coiled Hair, PR-63 NGC: US$304,750;
    • 1933 Indian Head eagle, MS-65 PCGS: US$517,500.

Sports history:

  • 1914 - New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt.
  • 1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert.
  • 1920 - Soccer team Quick Boys forms.
  • 1929 - First clean and jerk of 400 pounds (182kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402.5 pounds.
  • 1932 - Donald Bradman makes 299 versus South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th.
  • 1941 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn.
  • 1941 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner.
  • 1959 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss.
  • 1959 - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins.
  • 1959 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament.
  • 1959 - Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1960 - 34th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (7-5, 6-2).
  • 1960 - 48th Australian Men's Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 8-6).
  • 1961 - Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw versus West Indies.
  • 1962 - National League releases its first 162-game schedule.
  • 1965 - National League adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster.
  • 1968 - Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers.
  • 1969 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn.
  • 1969 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood.
  • 1970 - Former baseball commissioner Ford Frick, Earle Combs, and Jesse Haines elected by Special Veterans Committee to Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1973 - Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1975 - First successful Washington Capitals' penalty shot, Ken Lockett versus Vancouver Canucks.
  • 1976 - East Lansing police arrest Los Angeles Dodgers' reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to.
  • 1976 - Judy Rankin win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
  • 1977 - Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball.
  • 1981 - 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland, Ohio.
  • 1981 - Sandra Palmer win LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek.
  • 1981 - Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • 1981 - 11th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7.
  • 1984 - Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner.
  • 1985 - Azharuddin scores third Test century in third Test Cricket (122 versus England).
  • 1985 - Saint Louis Cardinals trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to San Francisco Giants for Jack Clark.
  • 1985 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin.
  • 1987 - 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons.
  • 1987 - Kathy Postlewait win LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
  • 1987 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6.
  • 1991 - Craig McDermott takes 8-97 versus England at the WACA.
  • 1992 - Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract (US$4.7 million).
  • 1992 - Denis Potvin's #5 becomes the first number retired by the New York Islanders.
  • 1994 - Irina Privalova runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.03 seconds).
  • 1994 - In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty to his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. He accepts a plea bargain, admitting to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony against Harding.
  • 1995 - Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 metre butterfly (26.73).
  • 1995 - Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand versus Pakistan, brotherly record.
  • 1998 - 86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2, 6-2, 6-2).
  • 1998 - Australian Mixed Doubles Tennis: J Gimelstob and V Williams beat Suk and Sukova (6-2, 6-1).
  • 1998 - NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24.
  • 2004 - The New England Patriots win NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII, as Adam Vinatieri kicks the game-winning field goal with four seconds left.
  • 2006 - At a luncheon at Safeco Field, baseball player Craig Biggio becomes the 41st recipient of the Hutch Award.
  • 2009 - The Australian Open tennis championships final games are played (day two).
    • Mens' singles: Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, (7-3), 3-6, 6-2.

  • 2009 - In Tampa, Florida, the NFL's SuperBowl XLII game is played. The Pittsburgh Steelers win their record sixth Super Bowl by defeating the Arizona Cardinals. Santonio Holmes is named the game's most valuable player.
  • 2009 - In Ireland, round 1 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Sébastien Loeb.
  • 2012 - At least 79 people are killed and more than 1,000 injured after a football match in Port Said, Egypt.
  • 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-2.
  • 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Arizona Coyotes beats Colorado Avalanche by score 3-2.
  • 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Dallas Stars by score 4-3.
  • 2022 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Vancouver Canucks by score 4-2.
  • 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Ottawa Senators by score 4-1.
  • 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 4-3.
  • 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Winnipeg Jets by score 3-1.
  • 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Florida Panthers by score 5-2.
  • 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats New Jersey Devils by score 7-1.
  • 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats San Jose Sharks by score 3-2.
  • 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-2.

Space exploration history:

  • 1783 - William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex.
  • 1949 - 200-inch (5.08-metre) Hale telescope first used.
  • 1989 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion.
  • 1993 - Soyuz TM-16 lands.
  • 1994 - Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean.
  • 2003 - American Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts onboard: Michael P. Anderson (born 1959), David M. Brown (born 1956), Kalpana Chawla (born 1961), Laurel Clark (born 1961), Rick Husband (born 1957), William McCool (born 1961), Ilan Ramon (Israeli, born 1954).
  • 2010 - US President Barack Obama cancels the Constellation project designed to take humans to the Moon by 2020.
  • 2023 - Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes by Earth; last passing was 50,000 years ago.

Extreme weather history:

  • 1967 - Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives.
  • 1977 - Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives.
  • 1985 - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record).
  • 1985 - -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record).

USA history:

  • 1788 - First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet.
  • 1790 - US Supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York City, New York).
  • 1793 - Patent granted to Ralph Hodgson of New York, for oiled silk and linen.
  • 1816 - The postal rate increase of December 23, 1814 is repealed, effective March 31.
  • 1840 - Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, first in US, is incorporated.
  • 1842 - City Despatch Post in New York City, USA issues 3-cent postage stamp for use on letters it carries.
  • 1864 - Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi.
  • 1865 - US Constitution 13th Amendment approved (National Freedom Day).
  • 1865 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's march through South Carolina begins.
  • 1867 - US bricklayers start working 8-hour days.
  • 1881 - US Assay Office in Saint Louis, Missouri, is authorized.
  • 1887 - Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres of land he owns in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood).
  • 1898 - First auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company.
  • 1906 - First federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas.
  • 1909 - US Assay Office open in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1913 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.
  • 1914 - Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors is appointed.
  • 1920 - First commercial armored car introduced (Saint Paul, Minnesota).
  • 1920 - Carter Glass ends his term as Treasury Secretary.
  • 1926 - Land at Broadway and Wall Street sells at a record $7 per square inch.
  • 1935 - First "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
  • 1937 - Stapleton, Staten Island, New York becomes a customs-free port.
  • 1944 - US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur.
  • 1945 - US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie.
  • 1949 - 200-inch (5.08-metre) Hale telescope first used.
  • 1951 - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico, USA (state record).
  • 1960 - Four students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworths store.
  • 1961 - First full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful.
  • 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama.
  • 1968 - Former US Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President.
  • 1972 - First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced (US$395).
  • 1974 - Lynda Ann Healy is abducted in Seattle, Washington (first Ted Bundy murder victim).
  • 1975 - Otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the US Defense Department.
  • 1977 - Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives.
  • 1979 - Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
  • 1985 - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record).
  • 1985 - -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record).
  • 1987 - 163 day strike against Deere and Company ends, workers accept wage freeze.
  • 1987 - Terry Williams of Los Gatos, California wins US$5 million at Harrah's Reno playing the MegaBuck slot machine, after spending US$47.
  • 1990 - Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
  • 1991 - A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a Skywest Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport killing 34.
  • 1992 - Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal Court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case, and orders the Indian government to press for an extradition from the United States.
  • 1993 - New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman.
  • 1994 - In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty to his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. He accepts a plea bargain, admitting to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony against Harding.
  • 1995 - Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends.
  • 1998 - The United States Senate passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
  • 2003 - American Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts onboard: Michael P. Anderson (born 1959), David M. Brown (born 1956), Kalpana Chawla (born 1961), Laurel Clark (born 1961), Rick Husband (born 1957), William McCool (born 1961), Ilan Ramon (Israeli, born 1954).
  • 2006 - UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
  • 2006 - In Calgary, Alberta, Canada, an exceptionally bright meteor is seen streaking across the sky, lasting for several seconds before breaking up into fragments. It is estimated that remnants of the meteorite land about 400 km south of Calgary, in Montana, USA.
  • 2009 - In Tampa, Florida, the NFL's SuperBowl XLII game is played. The Pittsburgh Steelers win their record sixth Super Bowl by defeating the Arizona Cardinals. Santonio Holmes is named the game's most valuable player.
  • 2010 - US President Barack Obama announces a US$3.8 trillion budget plan for 2011, forecasting the US deficit would rise to a record US$1.56 trillion this year.
  • 2010 - US President Barack Obama cancels the Constellation project designed to take humans to the Moon by 2020.
  • 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance.

Other history:

  • 1920 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police.
  • 1972 - First scientific hand-held calculator (Hewlett-Packard HP-35) introduced ($395).

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