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What happened in history on this day: February 3?
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 3 in ...
- 1976 - David Bunnell publishes in his "Computer Notes" Altair newsletter an article from Bill Gates, complaining of software piracy.
- 1986 - Microsoft registers with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and underwriters send out 38,000 50-page copies of a prospectus of the company, in preparation for first selling stock to the public.
- 1997 - Microsoft announces Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition, including a code compiler, ActiveX controls, and support for DCOM and Microsoft Transaction Server. Release date is set for mid-March.
- 2000 - Free-PC announces that it will no longer give away free computers, and will end the free Internet service. The company gave away about 25,000 computers in almost one year.
- 2000 - Microsoft announces its next consumer operating system will be called Windows Me, short for Windows Millenium Edition.
- 1926 - Disney ships the 30th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Mysterious Mystery, to to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1930 - Roy Disney signs a contract for Disney merchandising, with George Borgfeldt & Company of New York, to produce toys with Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters.
- 1931 - The Silly Symphony film Birds of a Feather is released to theaters.
- 1939 - The Mickey Mouse film Society Dog Show is released to theaters. Pluto and Fifi also appear.
- 1945 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film The Three Caballeros to theaters in the US. After a brief initial run, Walt pulls the film from general release, due to bad press reviews. It includes the animated short films The Cold-Blooded Penguin, The Flying Gauchito, Baia, and Le Pinata, all with Donald Duck.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Greta, The Misfit Greyhound.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Carlo, the Sierra Coyote.
- 1985 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Lots of Luck.
- 1989 - Disney issues new $1 and $5 Disney Dollars at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The $1 bill depicts Mickey Mouse on one side, and Sleeping Beauty Castle on the other. The $5 bill depicts Goofy on one side, with the other side showing EPCOT Center's Spaceship Earth and the Empress Lilly Riverboat.
- 1993 - The Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Cemetery Club premieres in the US.
- 1993 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey to delected theaters in the US. The film is a remake of the 1963 film The Incredible Journey.
- 1993 - CBS TV airs the Disney special The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song, part one.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Miami Rhapsody to theaters in the US.
- 1998 - Buena Vista Home Video releases the film G.I. Jane on videocassette.
- 1998 - Buena Vista Home Video releases the film Hercules on videocassette.
- 2014 - Disney releases the Disney Interactive Entertainment film Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
- 1968 - In Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held. James Garner's American International Racing team enters two 1968 L88 LeMans Blue Corvettes. This is the racing debut of the 1968 model Corvette.
- Finishing 1st in GT class and 10th overall is the Sunray DX Oil #31 1967 Corvette L88 coupe, driven by Jerry Grant and Dave Morgan. The car reached a speed of 194-MPH, and spent under 60 minutes in the pit area in total.
- Finishing 3rd in GT class and 22nd overall is the Corvette Racing Associates #28 Corvette, driven by Ed Ross and H. Craige Pelouze.
- Finishing 4th in GT class and 25th overall is the Sunray DX Oil #29 1968 Corvette L88 convertible, driven by Peter Revson and Don Yenko.
- Finishing 5th in GT class and 27th overall is the Sunray DX Oil #30 1968 Corvette L88 convertible, driven by Tony DeLorenzo and Jerry Thompson.
- Finishing 29th overall is the American International Racing #44 1969 Corvette L88, driven by Dick Guldstrand, Ed Leslie, Scooter Patrick, and Dave Jordan.
- In 35th place, but not finishing the race, is the American International Racing #45 1968 Corvette L88, driven by Scooter Patrick, Dave Jordan, and Herb Caplan. They were leading GT class at lap 260 when a cylinder head bolt killed the engine.
- 1973 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held.
- Finishing 2nd in GT +2000 class and 3rd overall is the Dave Heinz #5 Corvette driven by Dave Heinz, Dana English, and Bob McClure. This is Corvette's best overall finish at this race to date.
- Bob Baechle, Roger Pierce, and Alex Davidson race the Weaver Chevrolet #64 Corvette but do not finish the race.
- Don Yenko and Robert R. Johnson race the John Greenwood #49 Corvette but do not finish the race.
- John Greenwood races the John Greenwood #48 Corvette but do not finish the race.
- Jerry Thompson and Ike Knupp race the Murray Racing #34 Corvette but do not finish the race.
- Tony DeLorenzo and Maurice Carter race the Troy Promotions Inc. #11 Corvette but do not finish the race.
- 1977 - In the assembly manual for the 1977 model-year Corvette body, the anti-theft key-switch is removed from just behind the driver's side front tire. It is replaced by a metal trim piece featuring crossed flags.
- 1979 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the 18th Annual 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge race is held, round one of the IMSA GTO series. Placing 17th in GTO class and 43rd overall is the Al Levenson #06 Corvette driven by Al Levenson, Gary Baker, and Lanny Hester.
- 2000 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Rolex 24 at Daytona is held over two days, round one of the Grand-Am Motorola Cup series.
- Finishing 1st in SGS class and 1st overall is the Powell Motorsports #30 Corvette, driven by Craig Conway and Peter Tonelli.
- Finishing 5th in SGS class and 10th overall is the KAC Technologies #08 Corvette, driven by Amos Johnson and Randy Pobst.
- Finishing 6th in SGS class and 29th overall is the Planet Earth Motorsports #43 Corvette, driven by Joe Nonnamaker and Bill Pete.
- Finishing 7th in SGS class and 43rd overall is the #98 Corvette, driven by Marty Miller and Reese Cox.
- Finishing 8th in SGS class and 44th overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- 2001 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, over two days. This is Round 1 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 1st overall is the #2 GM Goodwrench / Corvette Racing Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, Johnny O'Connell, and Franck Freon.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 4th overall is the #3 GM Goodwrench / Corvette Racing Corvette C5-R, driven by Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Junior, Andy Pilgrim, and Kelly Collins.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 40th overall is the Team Amick Motorsports #33 Corvette, driven by Joe Varde, David Amick, Lyndon Amick, and Bill Lester.
- Finishing 5th in AGT class and 55th overall is the Comer Racing #18 Corvette, driven by Jack Willes, Les Vallarano, Andy McNeil, and Jon Leavy.
- Finishing 7th in AGT class and 65th overall is the ACP Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Joe Nagle, and Roger Bogusz.
- 1933 - German Chancellor Adolf Hitler tells his top generals of his determination to conquer land, to the east.
- 1943 - (evening) 263 British bombers attack Hamburg, Germany.
- 1944 - German forces begin a counterattack at Anzio, Italy.
- 1945 - About 1000 American B-17 bombers of the US 8th Air Force attack Berlin, Germany. A reported 25,000 civilians are killed.
- 1945 - US 1st Cavalry Division enters Manila, Philippines.
- 1945 - About 400 American bombers attack rail and oil targets in Magdeburg, Germany.
- 1946 - In Riga, Latvian Soviet Republic, seven Germans are convicted of war crimes and executed.
- 1995 - Philippines issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Manila.
- 2005 - Guernsey issues five postage stamps depicting scenes of World War II.
- 1984 - Mattel announces it is selling its Intellivision video game business for US$20 million in cash to a group lead by Terrence Valeski, an executive of Mattel Electronics, for $20 million.
- 1989 - Nintendo files an amendment to its January lawsuit against Atari Games, charging patent infringement.
- 2005 - The Madden Bowl video game contest is held, as the Xbox Live Madden Championship.
- 1520 - Sten Sture dies.
- 1678 - At Nimeguen, a peace treaty is signed between the Holy Roman Empire and France. The Emperor is to try to make peace between Sweden and Denmark, Brandenburg, Munster, and Lunenburg.
- 1972 - (to February 13) The 11th Olympic Winter Games are held in Sapporo, Japan. Sweden wins 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals.
- 1986 - Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is founded in the USA.
- 1993 - Superior Galleries auctions the nine-coin King of Siam Proof set (including Class I 1804 dollar) for $1.815 million to Dwight Manley.
- 2009 - US Mint Director Edmund Moy names US Mint Sculptor-Engraver John Mercanti to position of chief engraver.
- 1876 - Albert Spalding with US$800 starts sporting goods company in the USA, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football.
- 1895 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 metre (46.8 seconds).
- 1900 - Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- 1937 - Donald Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket versus England.
- 1942 - Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942.
- 1947 - Donald Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in fourth Test Cricket.
- 1948 - Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US.
- 1951 - Largest purse to date in horse racing, US$144,323, won by Great Circle.
- 1954 - Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32).
- 1956 - Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the three alpine events.
- 1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open.
- 1962 - John Uelses pole vaults record 489cm.
- 1963 - Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational.
- 1965 - Milwaukee Braves offer Milwaukee US$500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier; the proposal is turned down.
- 1972 - (to February 13) The XI Olympic Winter Games are held in Sapporo, Japan.
- 1974 - Sandra Palmer win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1977 - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1978 - Australia beats India 3-2 on 6th day of final test.
- 1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California Angels for four players.
- 1979 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1979 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (overtime) at Washington.
- 1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in six rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1981 - Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup.
- 1983 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
- 1985 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1987 - Montreal Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Minnesota Twins for Neal Heaton.
- 1989 - Start first Test Cricket, New Zealand versus Pakistan, washed out.
- 1990 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58) retires after 40,350 horse races.
- 1990 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for alcohol rehabilitation.
- 1991 - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1991 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21.
- 1993 - Cincinnati Reds' owner Marge Schott suspended for one year due to racist comments.
- 1998 - Florida Panthers' player Dino Ciccarelli is 9th NHL player to score 600 career goals.
- 1998 - New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman.
- 2002 - The New England Patriots beat the Saint Louis Rams 20-17, in NFL Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.
- 2008 - In Glendale, Arizona, the NFL's Super Bowl XLII is played. The New York Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots with a 17-14 victory. Most Valuable Player is Giants' Quarterback Eli Manning. The telecast is viewed by 97.4 million Americans, a record for the Super Bowl and making it the second-largest TV audience, behind the MASH finale in 1983.
- 1965 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 is launched into Earth orbit (552/636 km).
- 1966 - First operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, launched (US).
- 1966 - First soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9).
- 1984 - STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th space shuttle mission.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident.
- 1994 - STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit.
- 1995 - US space shuttle mission STS 63 (Discovery 19) launches into orbit.
- 2009 - Iran launches Omid, a domestically-made research and telecom satellite into orbit for the first time.
- 1825 - Dutch North Sea coast floods.
- 1947 - -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C) in Snag, Yukon (North American record).
- 2007 - State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
- 1783 - Spain recognizes US independence.
- 1795 - Oliver Wolcott Junior takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1809 - US Territory of Illinois is organized (including present-day Wisconsin).
- 1836 - Whig Party holds its first national convention (Albany, New York).
- 1855 - Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.
- 1860 - Thomas Clemson takes office as first US superintendent of agriculture.
- 1865 - Hampton Roads Peace Conference, US President Abraham Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse.
- 1870 - 15th Amendment (black suffrage) to US Constitution passes.
- 1887 - To avoid disputed national elections, US Congress creates Electoral Count Act.
- 1894 - First US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, is launched, at Bath, Maine.
- 1899 - -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record).
- 1908 - US Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act.
- 1917 - US liner Housatonic is sunk by German submarine; diplomatic relations are severed.
- 1927 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Federal Radio Commission.
- 1930 - William Howard Taft resigns as chief justice for health reasons.
- 1931 - Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia".
- 1933 - First interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington DC.
- 1941 - US Supreme Court upholds Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and maximum hours.
- 1945 - About 1000 American B-17 bombers of the US 8th Air Force attack Berlin, Germany. A reported 25,000 civilians are killed.
- 1950 - American Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges.
- 1956 - Autherine J Lucy is admitted to University of Alabama; suspended February 7 after a riot.
- 1959 - American Airlines' Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65.
- 1962 - US President John Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs.
- 1964 - Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools.
- 1965 - 105 US Air Force cadets forced to resign for cheating on exams.
- 1965 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 is launched into Earth orbit (552/636 km).
- 1966 - First operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, launched (US).
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.
- 1980 - Muhammed Ali tours Africa as US President Jimmy Carter's envoy.
- 1984 - Birth of first baby conceived by embryo transplant, in Long Beach, California.
- 1984 - Mattel announces it is selling its Intellivision video game business for US$20 million in cash to a group lead by Terrence Valeski, an executive of Mattel Electronics.
- 1984 - STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th space shuttle mission.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident.
- 1988 - The Democrat-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
- 1993 - Federal trial of four police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.
- 1994 - President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam.
- 1994 - William J. Perry is sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense.
- 1995 - US space shuttle mission STS 63 (Discovery 19) launches into orbit.
- 1997 - Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca, New York.
- 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker, age 38, is executed in Texas, becoming the first to be executed in Texas since the American Civil War.
- 1998 - A United States Military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying plane severs the cable of a cable-car.
- 2004 - The US Central Intelligence Agency admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- 2005 - Alberto Gonzales wins Senate confirmation (60-36) as the USA's first Hispanic attorney general.
- 2008 - In Glendale, Arizona, the NFL's Super Bowl XLII is played. The New York Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots with a 17-14 victory. Most Valuable Player is Giants' Quarterback Eli Manning. The telecast is viewed by 97.4 million Americans, a record for the Super Bowl and making it the second-largest TV audience, behind the MASH finale in 1983.
- 2009 - Spectrum Brands, maker of Ray-O-Vac batteries, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US.
- 2022 - Meta (parent company of Facebook) stock value drops 26.4% or US$230 billion, biggest one-day loss in history for a US company. The personal wealth of company president Mark Zuckerberg drops by about US$30 billion.
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