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What happened in history on this day: February 2?
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 2 in ...
- 1996 - At an emergency meeting of the board of directors of Apple Computer in New York, CEO Michael Spindler is replaced by Gilbert Amelio.
- 1999 - Sun Microsystems begins shipping the SunPCi expansion card for Sun Ultra workstation computers. The card contains an Advanced Micro Devices 300 MHz K6-2 processor, Caldera's DR-DOS operating system, 645 to 256 MB RAM, Sound Blaster sound, serial/parallel/USB ports, 24-bit graphics. Applications running on the card can access the workstation's drives and network connection. Price is US$495.
- 2000 - San Marino issues a postage stamp depicting a person at a computer, in a series of millennium stamps.
- 2004 - Intel introduces the 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, and 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 processors, with 800 MHz front-side bus and 1 MB cache. Prices are US$178, US$218, US$278, US$417 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Intel releases the 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor, with 2 MB cache and 800 MHz front-side bus. Price is US$999 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1928 - Charles Mintz signs a new three-year agreement with Universal Pictures to provide Oswald cartoons.
- 1953 - Walt Disney signs a licensing deal with Mitchell Gertz for rights to produce a Zorro TV show.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film The Reluctant Dragon, and Wind in the Willows, part of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Bristle Face, part two.
- 1967 - Disney releases the documentary film EPCOT for showing in Florida, to inform residents of the plans for Walt Disney World and EPCOT.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Pancho, the Fastest Paw in the West. The film is based on the book by Bruce Grant.
- 1986 - Disney returns to Sunday night TV on ABC, with Michael Eisner hosting the first The Disney Sunday Night Movie, entitled Help Wanted: Kids. It ranks 41st out of the week's 68 network programs.
- 1988 - The first filming at the Disney-MGM Studios begins, for the movie Splash Too.
- 1989 - Photography begins on the film Dick Tracy.
- 1990 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn live-action feature film Stella to theaters.
- 1991 - Bhutan issues 28 postage stamps depicting Disney characters and wonders of the World.
- 1992 - Disney's Dixie Landings Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It includes the Boatwright's Dining Hall restaurant, and Fulton's General Store.
- 1994 - Disney announces it will buy and restore the New Amsterdam theater on 42nd Street in New York City.
- 1994 - Disney previews the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Lion King in New York.
- 1996 - The last show of the syndicated TV talk show Danny airs.
- 1996 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film White Squall to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mugger is wearing a Goofy hat.
- 1955 - Chevrolet issues Dealer Bulletin #6-1955 announcing 1955 V8 Corvette with Powerglide now in production at St. Louis Corvette Assembly Plant.
- 1980 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the 18th Annual Daytona 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge race is held, round one of the IMSA GTO series.
- Placing 12th in GTO class and 30th overall is the Philip Keirn #71 Corvette driven by Philip Keirn, Larry Trotter, and Ed Errington.
- Finishing 10th in GTX class and 31st overall is the USA Racing #76 Corvette driven by Joe Chamberlain, John Chamberlain, and Richard Valentine.
- Placing 20th in GTO class and 53rd overall is the Dale Kreider #75 Corvette driven by Dale Kreider, Billy Hagan, and Stephen Bond.
- Finishing 22nd in GTO class and 58th overall is the Kal Showket #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin.
- Placing 24th in GTO class and 61st overall is the Don Yenko #16 Corvette driven by Kim Mason.
- 1985 - At the Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the SunBank 24 at Daytona Camel GT race ie held, over two days.
- Finishing 10th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #83 Corvette, driven by Keck/Wessel/Whitaker.
- Finishing 11th in GTO class and 30th overall is the #43 Corvette, driven by Schmidt/Schmidt/Arkins.
- Placing 16th in GTO class and 39th overall but not finishing the race is the #28 Corvette, driven by Baker, Robin McCall, and Ruttman.
- 1991 - In Daytona, Florida, the SunBank 24 at Daytona race is held, over two days. Morrison Motorsports enters two 1990 ZR-1 Corvettes.
- Car No. 92 finishes 4th in GTO class, 12th overall, driven by R.K. Smith, Doc Bundy, Joe Varde, and Andy Pilgrim.
- Car No. 91 finishes 6th in GTO class, driven by John Heinricy, Don Knowles, Tommy Morrison, Stu Hayner, and Scott Lagasse.
- 1993 - The term "STINGRAY" is registered as a trademark to General Motors.
- 2001 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, a Motorola Cup race is held.
- Finishing 1st is the #11 Powell Motorsports Corvette Z06 driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 2nd is the #43 Planet Earth Motorsport Corvette driven by Joe Nonnamaker and Bill Pate.
- Finishing 3rd is the #37 Phoenix American Motorsport Corvette driven by John Heinricy and Bill Lester.
- 2002 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Rolex 24 At Daytona race is held, Round 1 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 1st in AGT class and 22nd overall is the Flis Motorsports #09 Corvette, driven by Craig Conway, Doug Goad, Michael Ciasulli, and Andy Pilgrim.
- Finishing 2nd in AGT class and 33rd overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Charles Morgan, Stephen Richards, Andrew Richards, and Charles Morgan Jr.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 40th overall is the Dick Greer Racing - Wendy's #82 Corvette, driven by Dick Greer, John Finger, Jack Willes, and Terry Linger.
- Finishing 4th in AGT class and 53rd overall is the ACP Motorsports #19 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt, Owen Trinkler, Shane Lewis, and James Briody.
- Finishing 6th in AGT class and 59th overall is the Xtreme Racing Group #60 Corvette, driven by Anthony Puleo, Ernie Gschwender, Hans Hauser, and Robert Dubler.
- Finishing 8th in AGT class and 69th overall is the Flis Motorsports #90 Corvette, driven by Kevin Harvick, Dave Liniger, Rick Carelli, and John Metcalf.
- 2007 - Chevrolet announces the Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Corvette Z06. This is the first ever official signed special edition Corvette. The car is Arctic White exterior, accented with fender-stripe and Ron Fellows autograph. 399 are planned to be built, for likely retail price of US$77,500.
- 1932 - In Geneva, a World Disarmament Conference begins.
- 1933 - Adolf Hitler meets with a group of generals and admirals at the home of General von Hammerstein. He assures them they could begin a rearmament program, in defiance of the Versailles Treaty.
- 1942 - In the Philippines, P-40 fighter planes from Bataan Field attack Japanese landing barges in Agaloma Bay. Nine of 13 barges are destroyed, killing over 400 troops.
- 1942 - The British War Cabinet approves night bombing of French industrial plants. Up to this point, bombing in France had only been done in daylight, for fear of killing friendly civilians. French public opinion favored increased attacks on such factories.
- 1943 - The remainder of the German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad. About 150,000 Axis soldiers died in the battle, another 150,000 were taken prisoner. In total, about 450,000 on both sides died.
- 1944 - US Marines capture the islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll.
- 1945 - German Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler is executed, at age 61.
- 1945 - (evening) Over 500 British bombers attack Wiesbaden, Germany.
- 1946 - A US military commission in Yokohama, Japan, convicts Captain Hiroji Honda of the Japanese Army of failing to prevent subordinates from committing atrocities against Allied prisoners. Honda is sentenced to twenty years of hard labor.
- 1946 - Russian occupation authorities notify officials of the Austrian Danube Steamship Company (Donaudampfschiffahrtgesellschaft) that it has taken possession of the company's assets, and will operate it in the future. Russian makes the claim under the Postdam Declaration clause granting the USSR German assets in eastern Austria.
- 1946 - An Austrian court sentences former Finance Minister Rudolf Neumayer to life imprisonment for treason, for voting in favor of annexation with Germany.
- 1946 - Two Italian archaeological libraries stolen by Germany during the war are returned to Rome.
- 1946 - The Supreme Allied Headquarters reports casualties of the Hiroshima blast: 78,150 dead, 13,983 missing, 9428 serious and 27,997 minor injuries, 176,987 general sufferers.
- 1946 - The US Navy Department announces US submarine fleet sunk 1944 Japanese major vessels during the war, including 194 warships, killing 276,000. The Navy also admits that the US violated the 1930 London Naval Treaty in ordering unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan.
- 1968 - The Solomon Islands issues a postage stamp depicting a naval battle during World War II.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When faced with loading a large number of objects into his car, a character comments that "this is what all those hours of playing Tetris were for". The objects assume the shapes of Tetris shapes, and the game music can be heard.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases The Fast and the Furious video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Tiger Telematics, maker of the Gizmondo, files for bankruptcy.
- 1388 - In Oslo, Norway, Margareta is elected master of the realm by a general assembly.
- 1973 - The government approves special coins for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
- 1861 - San Francisco Mint receives order from Philadelphia Mint to cease production of double eagle coins with Paquet reverse.
- 1922 - Congress authorizes Ulysses S. Grant commemorative half dollar and dollar.
- 1979 - San Francisco Assay Office begins striking Susan Anthony dollars.
- 1989 - The ANA debuts its ANACS Cache, graded coins encased in a hard plastic capsule.
- 1876 - Baseball's National League officially forms in the USA with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and Saint Louis.
- 1892 - Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1892 - Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby.
- 1925 - National League holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where National League began.
- 1932 - Clarrie Grimmett takes 14 wickets versus South Africa (7-116 and 7-83).
- 1943 - Chicago Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest.
- 1944 - Major League Baseball officials meet in New York City, New York to discuss postwar action.
- 1949 - Golfing champion Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident.
- 1954 - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 points in basketball game.
- 1958 - Fay Crocker win LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open.
- 1959 - Vince Lombardi signs a five-year contract to coach the Green Bay Packers.
- 1962 - First pole vault over 16 feet (4.88 metre) (John Uelses - 16.25 feet, Milrose Games).
- 1964 - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame.
- 1964 - Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating.
- 1967 - Formation of the American Basketball Association is announced.
- 1969 - Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1970 - Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points.
- 1972 - Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1973 - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand versus Pakistan, Wellington.
- 1974 - Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena, Ohio (1641 - Cleveland Cavaliers versus Golden State Warriors).
- 1975 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1975 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill.
- 1975 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Junior.
- 1976 - Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and umpire Cal Hubbard elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. Umpire Cal Hubbard is the first person to be elected to both the baseball and football Halls of Fame.
- 1977 - Toronto Maple Leafs' Ian Turnbull scores five goals in one game; NHL record for a defenseman.
- 1985 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
- 1986 - Ayako Okamoto win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1986 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24.
- 1987 - Kansas City Royals' pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires.
- 1988 - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184 versus England at Sydney.
- 1991 - Aravinda De Silva scores 267 versus New Zealand at Wellington.
- 1991 - New Hampshire snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56.
- 1992 - Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45.02 seconds).
- 1992 - David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 versus India at Perth.
- 1992 - Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500 metre freestyle (14 minutes 32.40 seconds).
- 1992 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15.
- 1993 - Irina Privalova runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.05 seconds).
- 1995 - Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket.
- 1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am.
- 1997 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (overtime).
- 2022 - The name of the Washington Redskins NFL Football team is changed to the Washington Commanders.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Arizona Coyotes by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Detroit Red Wings by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Washington Capitals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats New York Islanders by score 3-0.
- 1962 - Eight of nine planets align for first time in 400 years.
- 1977 - Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR).
- 2007 - Three tornadoes cross a 70-mile path across Florida, USA, killing 21, injuring 100, destroying 1500 homes and mobile homes.
- 1798 - Federal Street Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, becomes first in US destroyed by fire.
- 1802 - First leopard exhibited in US, in Boston, Massachusetts (admission 25 cents).
- 1811 - Russian settlers establish Fort Ross trading post, north of San Francisco, California.
- 1843 - US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee.
- 1848 - First shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco.
- 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends US-Mexican War; US acquires 500,000 square miles of land: Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona for $15 million.
- 1882 - Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- 1887 - Groundhog Day is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1892 - Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore, USA).
- 1894 - US warship Kearsarge is wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island.
- 1901 - Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
- 1912 - Frederick R Law parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe).
- 1923 - Ethyl gasoline first marketed in USA, in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1932 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation is organized in the USA.
- 1935 - Lie detector first used in US court (Portage, Wisconsin).
- 1942 - Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans.
- 1942 - US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
- 1944 - 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands.
- 1946 - The US Navy Department announces US submarine fleet sunk 1,944 Japanese major vessels during the war, including 194 warships, killing 276,000. The Navy also admits that the US violated the 1930 London Naval Treaty in ordering unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program.
- 1951 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greenburg, Indiana, USA (state record until 1994).
- 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower reports detonation of first Hydrogen bomb (done in 1952).
- 1955 - First Presidential news conference on network TV - Dwight Eisenhower on ABC.
- 1964 - GI Joe debuts as a popular American boy's toy.
- 1973 - James R Schlesinger becomes director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (until July).
- 1975 - Off Alaska, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1980 - FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors.
- 1980 - (to February 3) New Mexico State Penitentiary inmates riot; 33 are killed and more than 100 injured.
- 1991 - US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents.
- 1992 - Disney's Dixie Landings Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World.
- 1996 - Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA.
- 2007 - Three tornadoes cross a 70-mile path across Florida, USA, killing 21, injuring 100, destroying 1500 homes and mobile homes.
- 2022 - President Jeff Zucker of the CNN US cable TV network resigns.
Other history:
- 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona for $15 million.
- 2007 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes its fourth assessment report, concluding that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.
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