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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
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 5 in ...
- 1993 - The Federal Trade Commission votes on whether to charge Microsoft with unfair trade practices. The vote is a tie.
- 1996 - Gilbert Amelio also assumes the position of Chairman of Apple Computer.
- 1996 - Netscape Communications ships Netscape Navigator 2.0 web browser for Windows 3.1, 95, NT, and the Macintosh. Price is US$49. It features support for JavaScript, Java applets, streaming audio, and 3D.
- 2001 - Microsoft announces that Office 10 for Windows will be called Office XP, and that its next Windows operating system will be called Windows XP. The 'XP' name is short for 'experience'.
- 2007 - Apple Corps of the United Kingdom and Apple Inc. of the USA reach an accord on sharing the name "Apple". The Apple name will now be controlled by Apple Inc., with Apple Corps retaining licensing rights.
- 1934 - The U.S. Patent Office grants a patent to the Ingersoll-Waterbury Clock Company, of Connecticut, for the first Mickey Mouse watch.
- 1935 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Tortoise and the Hare for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1945 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film How to Play Football for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1946 - The film The ABC of Hand Tools is delivered to General Motors Corp.
- 1953 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Peter Pan to theaters. It took three years and US$4 million to make. The film is adapted from the play by Sir James M. Barrie.
- 1953 - The True-Life Adventure film Bear Country is released to theaters.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Two Happy Amigos.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 15th "Texas John Slaughter" episode, A Holster Full of Law.
- 1964 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Misadventures of Merlin Jones to theaters. The film is based on a story by Bill Walsh.
- 1965 - Walt Disney sells his interests in WED Enterprises to Walt Disney Productions for US$60 million, and forms Retlaw to handle rights to his name and receipts from the Disneyland trains.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Gallegher Goes West: Trial by Terror.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring the two-hour movie The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance.
- 1982 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Night Crossing to theaters.
- 1983 - Columbia Pictures releases the film Blue Thunder to theaters in Germany. A car has a Disneyland parking sticker.
- 1986 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Journey of Natty Gann for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design.
- 1986 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Return to Oz for an Oscar Award in the category Visual Effects.
- 1990 - Euro Disneyland SA, the management company established at Disney to run the Paris theme park, holds its first meeting.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nomination of Beauty and the Beast for a Best Picture award. This is the first time in the history of the Motion Picture Academy that an animated feature has been nominated in this category.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Sound.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Score.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Beauty and the Beast" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Belle" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Be Our Guest" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film Recycle Rex for educational use in California.
- 1996 - The Disney Channel begins airing the series Spellbinder.
- 1999 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Rushmore to theaters in the US.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures computer animated feature film A Bug's Life to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Gun Shy to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - The Disney Channel Original Movie The Color of Friendship premieres.
- 2001 - The Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 2004 - The Comcast board of directors discusses a formal bid for the Walt Disney Company. An analysis of assets suggests a bid in the mid-US$20s per share.
- 1953 - Robert Morrison, of the Molded Fiber Glass Company, meets with Elmer Gormeson, Chevrolet Director of Purchasing. Gormeson tells Morrison of the decision to switch to steel bodies, and the reasoning. Morrison argues that all conditions for producing fiberglass bodies can be met. Gormeson meets again with the management team, and they change their decision back to go with fiberglass bodies. By the end of the day, Morrison receives a $4 million contract for producing 1953/54 Corvette body panels.
- 1954 - 1953 Corvette EX-53 is assembled, and numbered #3951 Proving Ground Demonstrator.
- 1966 - In Daytona, Florida, the Daytona Continental 24-hour race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GT +3000 class and 12th overall is the Roger Penske / Sunoco #6 1966 Corvette 427 ci, driven by Dick Guldstrand, Ben Moore, and George Wintersteen.
- Finishing 3rd in GT +3000 class and 20th overall is the Cannon Auto #67 1966 Corvette 427 ci L72, driven by George Cornelius, Dick Boo, and Robert Ryan Brown. They win the International Police Chief's trophy for "the most durable, most dependable automobile in the Daytona 24 Hour Continental".
- 1977 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held.
- Finishing 4th in GTO class and 6th overall is the Autodyne #48 Corvette driven by Lyn St. James, John Carusso, and Emory Donaldson.
- Finishing 7th in GTO class and 14th overall is the Clark Howey #73 Corvette driven by Clark Howey, David Crabtree, and Dale Koch.
- Finishing 10th in GTO class and 18th overall is the Al Levenson #0.2 Corvette driven by Al Levenson, Dan Rice, and Guido Levetto.
- Finishing 11th in GTO class and 19th overall is the Rick Mancuso #77 Corvette driven by Burt Greenwood, Rick Mancuso, John Cargill, and Dave Heinz.
- Finishing 13th in GTO class and 23rd overall is the Bill Arnold Racing #72 red 1963 Corvette driven by Bill Arnold, Carl Thompson, and Billy Hagan. At 80 minutes into the race, the engine fails. Arnold pulls a replacement engine back to the car from the pit area, successfully making the engine change alone and on-course.
- Placing 24th in GTO class and 36th overall is the Phil Currin #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin, Rob Hoskins, and Peter Knab.
- Placing 25th in GTO class and 37th overall is the Wiley Doran #39 Corvette driven by Wiley Doran, Jim Barnett, and Charles Pelz.
- Placing 30th in GTO class and 42nd overall is the Rick Thompkins #55 Corvette driven by Rick Thompkins, Dave Heinz, and Lamar Mann.
- Placing 31st in GTO class and 43rd overall is the Sam Fillingham #49 Corvette driven by Sam Fillingham, Mike Williamson, and K. P. Jones.
- Placing 33rd in GTO class and 46th overall is the Babe Headley #78 Corvette driven by Babe Headley and Sam Feinstein.
- 1983 - Columbia Pictures releases the film Blue Thunder to theaters in Germany. A silver 1980-82 Corvette appears.
- 2000 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Rolex 24 at Daytona is held. A Corvette is the pace car for the race. Chevrolet enters its two C5-R Corvette race cars.
- Finishing 2nd in GTO class and 2nd overall, is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows, Justin Bell, and Chris Kneifel. They finish just 31 seconds behind the winning Viper, the closest finish in Daytona 24 hour racing history.
- In 10th place in GTO class and 24th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins, and Franck Freon.
- In 13th place in GTO class and 54th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Jack Cauley Chevrolet #14 Corvette, driven by R.K. Smith, Jeff Nowicki, Bill Lester, and John Heinricy.
- In 16th place in GTO class and 58th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Kreider Motorsports #15 Corvette, driven by Gaston Aguirre, Scott Watkins, and Ren Villeneuve, and Dan Urrutia.
- 2005 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the 43rd Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round one of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 18th in GT class and 35th overall is the ASC Motorsports #55 Corvette, driven by Zach Arnold, Kurt Thiel, John Stevenson, and Ken MacAlpine.
- Finishing 29th in GT class and 56th overall is the Xtreme Racing Group #48 Corvette, driven by Tony Seiler, Hans Hauser, Robert Dubler, and Anthony Puleo.
- Finishing 33rd in GT class and 62nd overall is the Michael Baughman Racing #46 Corvette, driven by Michael Baughman and Mike Yeakle.
- 1940 - Canadian Pacific steamer Beaverburn is torpedoed and sunk of the south-west coast of England. 26 of 27 crew survive.
- 1940 - The Supreme Allied War Council meets in Paris, France, making a secret plan to send an Anglo-French force to Finland. The force would first secure a port on the coast of Norway, then seize control of the iron-ore fields around Kiruna and Gellivare in Northern Sweden. The plan is subject to Finland officially requesting assistance, and for Norway and Sweden to grant permission to cross their territories.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler issues general instructions for military cooperation with Italy in Tripoli, Albania, and Gibraltar.
- 1942 - Submarine U-109 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Montrolite north-east of Bermuda in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
- 1942 - Japanese aircraft bomb Canadian passenger liner Empress of Asia off Singapore. The British government was using the ship as a troop carrier, taking 2253 men from Bombay India. Over 1000 men are rescued by Australian sloop Yarra.
- 1946 - The United States recognizes the government of Rumania.
- 1983 - Klaus Barbie, former Gestapo officer, arrives in Lyons, France, after being expelled from Bolivia for having obtained citizenship under false pretenses. Barbie is charged with crimes against humanity, murder, torture, arbitrary arrests and jailings.
- 1990 - Sierra Leone issues twelve postage stamps depicting USAF World War II aircraft.
- 1991 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Beda Fomm.
- 1978 - In Japan, Toshihiro Nishikado completes the Space Invaders arcade game.
- 1985 - Warner Communications signs an agreement with Namco for Namco to acquire a controlling interest in the Atari Coin-Operated Games division of Atari Games, for about US$10 million.
- 1996 - Nintendo announces a delay in introducing its 64-bit video game system in the US until September 30, due to a chip shortage.
- 2003 - Midway closes its West Coast office in Milpitas, California.
- 2003 - Nokia unveils the N-Gage handheld gaming device in London, England, and Sydney, Australia. It features a game console with games on MultiMedia Cards, cell phone, wireless connectivity, web browser, audio player, email support, and stereo FM radio. The unit is to be on sale by the end of the year.
- 2004 - Microsoft announces it will launch Xbox Live in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore in April.
- 2007 - Nintendo releases the Final Fantasy VI Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2008 - Touchstone releases the Turok video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA and Canada.
- 2008 - Capcom releases the Devil May Cry 4 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1912 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated Liberty Head nickels.
- 2010 - In Long Beach, California, Heritage Auction Galleries conducts the official auction of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo. Some highlights:
- 1849 $1 gold, open wreath, MS-66 PCGS: $218,500;
- 1943-S Lincoln cent, copper alloy planchet, VF-35 PCGS, one of seven known: $207,000.
- 1893 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds).
- 1919 - National League president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers.
- 1921 - New York Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
- 1938 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds).
- 1942 - Boston Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore.
- 1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards in 20.8 seconds).
- 1948 - Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion.
- 1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion.
- 1949 - Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1956 - VII Olympic Winter Games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1956 - Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open.
- 1956 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a Brooklyn Sports Center Authority, which will propose building a $30 million downtown sports center.
- 1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies versus Pakistan, Port-of-Spain.
- 1959 - Australia regains the Ashes with a 10-wicket victory at Adelaide.
- 1969 - Vince Lombardi becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Washington Redskins.
- 1970 - First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours, 1 six.
- 1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa versus Australia, Durban.
- 1972 - Bob Douglas is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1974 - Mats Wermelin, of Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.
- 1976 - Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies.
- 1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath.
- 1977 - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in six rounds in his first pro fight.
- 1977 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1977 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free-throws blindfolded.
- 1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit.
- 1984 - New Zealand beats England (82 and 93) by an innings in three days.
- 1984 - Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
- 1990 - Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC).
- 1991 - All American Bowl ends after 14 years.
- 1991 - Big East Football conference forms.
- 1991 - Los Angeles Kings' Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHL player to score 1000 points.
- 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
- 1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win versus India.
- 1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13.
- 1995 - Sandra Völker swims female European record 50 metre backstroke (27.77).
- 1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record.
- 1998 - Figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped December 22nd).
- 2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.
- 2009 - Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Calzaghe of the United Kingdom announces his retirement, with a record of 46 wins from 46 fights.
- 1958 - Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.
- 1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees.
- 1963 - Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars.
- 1971 - Apollo 14, third US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell walk on Moon for four hours.
- 1974 - U.S. Mariner 10 returns the first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure.
- 1987 - Soyuz TM-2 launched.
- 1978 - (to February 7) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage.
- 2008 - (to February 6) A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.
- 1777 - Georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture.
- 1778 - Articles of Confederation ratified by first state, South Carolina.
- 1783 - Sweden recognizes US independence.
- 1817 - First US gas company incorporated, in Baltimore, Maryland (coal gas for street lights).
- 1846 - Oregon Spectator is first newspaper to be published on the West Coast.
- 1850 - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York.
- 1861 - First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
- 1861 - Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1861 - Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from US Congress.
- 1864 - Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1865 - Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill).
- 1881 - Phoenix, Arizona, incorporates as a city.
- 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for Panama Canal.
- 1904 - American occupation of Cuba ends.
- 1917 - US Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration.
- 1918 - Stephen W Thompson becomes first US pilot to down an enemy airplane.
- 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists film studio in the USA.
- 1922 - Reader's Digest magazine is first published.
- 1936 - National Wildlife Federation forms.
- 1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie film, Modern Times, is released to theaters.
- 1937 - President Franklin Roosevelt proposes enlarging US Supreme Court.
- 1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla, Philippines.
- 1946 - The United States recognizes the government of Romania.
- 1953 - In Los Angeles, California, the 5th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Art Linkletter.
- Best Actor: Thomas Mitchell
- Best Actress: Helen Hayes
- Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program: What's My Line?
- Best Children's Program: Time for Beany
- Best Comedian: Jimmy Durante
- Best Comedienne: Lucille Ball
- Best Dramatic Show: Robert Montgomery Presents
- Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program: Dragnet
- Best Public Affairs Program: See It Now
- Best Situation Comedy: I Love Lucy
- Best Variety Program: Your Show of Shows
- Most Outstanding Personality: Fulton J. Sheen.
- 1958 - Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.
- 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
- 1962 - Law suit to bar Englewood, New Jersey, from "racial segregated" schools is filed.
- 1969 - US population reaches 200 million.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - Apollo 14, third US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell walk on Moon for four hours.
- 1972 - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.
- 1973 - Funeral for Lieutenant Colonel William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War.
- 1974 - U.S. Mariner 10 returns the first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure.
- 1977 - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio.
- 1978 - (to February 7) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage.
- 1979 - Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time.
- 1979 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS.
- 1981 - Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy.
- 1982 - American Drug Enforcement Agency announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people.
- 1985 - Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led MX missile tests.
- 1988 - Arizona House of Representatives votes to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham.
- 1988 - Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury on drug charges.
- 1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
- 1993 - R James Woolsey becomes 16th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- 1994 - Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life in prison, in Jackson, Mississippi, 30 years after the crime.
- 1997 - Brook Lee of Hawaii crowned 46th Miss USA.
- 1997 - Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter investment banks announce a US$10 billion merger.
- 2003 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the United Nations Security Council on Iraq, giving evidence of Iraq's efforts to conceal weapons of mass destruction from inspectors.
- 2008 - In the USA, 24 states hold Republican and/or Democratic caucus elections for presidential nominee. This day is referred to as "Super Tuesday". For the Democrats, Barack Obama wins in 12, Hillary Clinton wins in 7 For the Republicans, John McCain wins in 8 states, Mitt Romney wins in 6, and Mike Huckabee wins in 5.
- 2008 - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3 percent after a report shows signs of economic recession in the service sector. The S&P 500 fall 3.2 percent, The Dow Jones Industrial Average 370 points.
- 2008 - (to February 6) A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.
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