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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
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 19 in ...
- 1981 - At the International Solid State Circuits Conference Intel introduces the iAPX432 processor, and begins shipping evaluation sets. The processor comes in three chips, incorporating over 200,000 transistors. Performance is claimed as 2 MIPS.
- 1985 - US President Ronald Reagan awards Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak jointly the National Medal of Technology for their achievements at Apple Computer.
- 1986 - Activision makes a deal to acquire Infocom for US$7.5 million in cash and stock.
- 1996 - Apple Computer announces that Motorola's Computer Group has licensed the Mac OS. Motorola can also sub-license the Mac OS to other manufacturers who purchase PowerPC motherboards from Motorola.
- 2001 - Apple Computer begins shipping the 733 MHz Power Mac with CD/DVD writer.
- 2002 - Be company sues Microsoft for destruction of its business.
- 2009 - THQ releases the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II game for personal computers in the USA.
- 1941 - The film Fantasia opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1943 - The Pluto film Pluto and the Armadillo is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears.
- 1956 - The Keller's Jungle Killers exhibit of jungle animals opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 11th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Apache Friendship.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film Westward Ho the Wagons, part one.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Boy Who Flew with Condors.
- 1968 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "The Bare Necessities" in the film The Jungle Book for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1968 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Happiest Millionaire for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design.
- 1974 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Love" from the film Robin Hood for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1986 - Saul Steinberg files a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, seeking to invalidate Disney's buyback of his stock in 1984.
- 1988 - Disney releases the film Night on the Town to theaters in the UK. The film was called Adventures in Babysitting in the US.
- 1990 - The Tokyo Disneyland TeacherCenter opens.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Holy Man to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2008 - At Walt Disney World, Epcot's Spaceship Earth officially re-opens after a major makeover, with new sponsor Siemens.
- 1994 - Reeves Callaway decides to produce a modified Corvette to race at Le Mans, the first time for a Corvette in almost 20 years.
- 1999 - TriStar Pictures releases the film Jawbreaker to theaters in the USA. A woman gets out of a red Corvette.
- 2005 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Hershey's Take 5 300 race is held. A 2005 Corvette silver coupe is the pace car.
- 1940 - Finns defeat and disperse the Soviet 18th Division northeast of Lake Ladoga.
- 1942 - (dawn) 242 Japanese planes attack Darwin, Australia, to destroy its usefulness as a launch and reinforcement base for the East Indies. Eight ships are sunk, including destroyer Peary, and nine ships are damaged.
- 1942 - Japanese troops capture Den Passar airfield, Bali.
- 1942 - US President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, giving the Secretary of War authority to exclude any persons from areas to provide security against sabotage and espionage.
- 1943 - British General Sir Harold Alexander takes over command of the whole Tunisian front.
- 1944 - (evening) 823 British bombers attack Leipzig, Germany. 78 planes are shot down.
- 1945 - (0830 hours) 450 ships with 30,000 men of the US 4th and 5th Marine divisions begin landing on Iwo Jima to attack Japanese forces. By the end of the day, 30,000 have landed, with 500 dead and and 1500 wounded.
- 1946 - In Canada, a surplus Landing Ship loaded with $2 million worth of liquid mustard gas is intentionally sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, off Nova Scotia. The gas had been acquired from the United States in 1942.
- 1992 - Australia issues five postage stamps depicting Australian battles in World War II.
- 1995 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the American Marines landing on Iwo Jima.
- 2004 - Canadian Defence Minister David Pratt and Veterans Affairs minister John McCallum announces a CDN$50 million compensation package of CDN$24,000 per person for veterans who had volunteered in top-secret missions experimenting in exposure to chemical weapons in World War II.
- 1974 - Nolan Bushnell is granted a patent on controlling counters dynamically by logic circuits.
- 1982 - Mattel Electronics introduces several of its Intellivision video games modified to play on the Atari VCS game system.
- 1983 - In Washington, D.C., the Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibits 200 video arcade games. US$35 tours include limited free plays, competitions, prizes, etc.
- 1991 - American Video Entertainment accuses Nintendo of making secret technical changes to its Nintendo Entertainment System to make competitors' cartridges unplayable. Nintendo responds saying that changes are part of an ongoing effort to stop worldwide game counterfeiting.
- 2003 - Agetec releases the Disaster Report video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2008 - Sega releases The Club video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1946 - In New York, Prince Albert Carl Johan of Sweden marries Kirstin Wijkmark, becoming Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Bernadotte.
- 1908 - General striking of silver coins begins at the Ottawa branch mint.
- 1996 - The Royal Canadian Mint officially launches the new $2 coin at Ben's De Luxe Delicatessan restaurant in Montreal, Quebec. The coin is bimetallic, 28mm outer rinng of nickel, with 16.8mm inner ring of copper-aluminum-nickel. This is Canada's first new circulating coin since 1935. Simultaneously, the Bank of Canada ceases production of $2 notes.
- 2001 - A mint employee of the Winnipeg facility is charged with striking, stealing, and selling year 2000 Natural Legacy 25c coins on copper planchets. An estimated 20 were made.
- 1915 - Senate confirms R.W. Wooley as Mint Director.
- 1923 - Smithsonian Institution secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott formally accepts transfer of the US Mint's collection of 18,291 coins housed at the Philadelphia Mint.
- 1970 - U.S. Mint Director Mary Brooks instructs Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Nicholas G. Thornton to produce ten trial strikes of the Peace dollar design on 40 percent silver planchets.
- 2009 - The US Mint releases the 2009 William Henry Harrison Presidential dollar to circulation.
- 1928 - II Olympic Winter Games close at Saint Moritz, Switzerland.
- 1928 - Canadian hockey team wins third consecutive Olympic gold medal.
- 1942 - Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champion.
- 1942 - New York Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers will be admitted free at each of their upcoming home games.
- 1946 - New York Giants' outfielder Danny Gardella is first major league player to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League.
- 1956 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 1961 - Henk van der Grift (Netherlands) becomes world champion all-around skater.
- 1965 - NFL adds sixth official.
- 1967 - Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater.
- 1970 - American League Cy Young winner Detroit Tigers' pitcher Denny McLain is suspended, effective April 1, for three months for his alleged connection bookmakers.
- 1971 - Walt Wesley becomes the first Cleveland Cavaliers' player to score 50 points in a game.
- 1972 - Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223 versus West Indies at Kingston.
- 1977 - Oakland Athletics sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Texas Rangers for $400,000.
- 1977 - Doug Walters scores 250 versus New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket with Gilmour.
- 1978 - Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 metre indoor (2:34.8).
- 1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000 metre in 1:15.18.
- 1980 - Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay.
- 1982 - Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853.
- 1983 - Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400-metre freestyle swimming record.
- 1983 - Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of US$1 million.
- 1984 - First brother combo to win Gold and Silver in same event at the Olympics (Phil and Steve Mahre-Slalom).
- 1984 - XIV Olympic Winter Games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
- 1987 - Less than a month after re-signing, Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue retires.
- 1988 - Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, and Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200 metre (1:32.55).
- 1994 - Marta Figueras-Dotti, wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
- 1995 - Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200 metre (22.10 seconds).
- 1995 - Linford Christie runs European record 60 metre indoor (6.47 seconds).
- 1995 - Linford Christie runs world record 200 metre indoor (20.25 seconds).
- 1998 - US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan.
- 2022 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Vancouver Canucks by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Seattle Kraken by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Arizona Coyotes by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Ottawa Senators by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Winnipeg Jets by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-3.
- 1970 - USSR launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite.
- 1977 - Space shuttle Enterprise makes first test flight atop a 747 jetliner.
- 1986 - USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit.
- 1990 - Soyuz TM-9 lands.
- 1998 - Russian Soyuz TM-26 spacecraft lands.
- 2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 1884 - Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana kill 800 people.
- 1803 - US Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, but statehood not ratified till 1953.
- 1807 - US Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent.
- 1831 - First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes first trial run, Pennsylvania.
- 1846 - Texas is admitted to the United States of America.
- 1856 - Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith of Gambier, Ohio, USA.
- 1864 - Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members).
- 1869 - US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho, is authorized.
- 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for a music player (phonograph) at in Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA.
- 1881 - Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
- 1884 - Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana kill 800 people.
- 1900 - Tripartite Treaty between Great Britain, Germany, and USA is ratified. Britain gives up its right to the Samoan island chain in exchange for German concessions elsewhere. Germany gains sole control of the western portion, and the USA gains control of the eastern.
- 1906 - Will Keith Kellogg and Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1913 - First prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box in the USA.
- 1913 - Mexican General V Huerta takes power in Mexico with US support.
- 1915 - Senate confirms R.W. Wooley as Mint Director.
- 1923 - Smithsonian Institution secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott formally accepts transfer of the US Mint's collection of 18,291 coins housed at the Philadelphia Mint.
- 1929 - Medical diathermy machine first used, in Schenectady, New York.
- 1934 - US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for six months.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans.
- 1945 - 450 ships with 30,000 men of the US 4th and 5th Marine divisions begin landing on Iwo Jima to attack Japanese forces.
- 1945 - By the end of the day, 30,000 U.S. Marines have established a solid beachhead in Iwo Jima.
- 1953 - Georgia state approves first American literature censorship board.
- 1959 - US Air Force rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launches the feminist movement in the United States.
- 1963 - USSR informs US President John Kennedy it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba.
- 1968 - First US teachers strike (Florida).
- 1982 - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.
- 1985 - Canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola.
- 1985 - Disney's Mickey Mouse character welcomed in China.
- 1985 - William Schroeder is first artificial heart patient to leave hospital. He spends 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1987 - Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV in the USA, featuring Yul Brynner.
- 1987 - Minnesota sheriff's office arrests Thomas G Harrelson, on FBI's most wanted list.
- 1987 - Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland.
- 1989 - Broadway's biggest flop (lost US$5.3 million) Legs Diamond closes at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City after 64 performances.
- 1993 - Kenya Moore, 22, (Miss Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA.
- 1997 - US Federal Communications Commission makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls.
- 1998 - Larry Wayne Harris of the Aryan Nations and William Leavitt are arrested in Henderson, New York, for possession of military grade anthrax.
- 2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2003 - In West Warwick, Rhode Island, sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by the band Great White start a fire, destroying the nightclub The Station, and killing 99 people.
- 2008 - A fireball and sonic boom are reported in parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia.
- 2021 - The United States officially rejoins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, 107 days after leaving.
Other history:
- 1986 - USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit.
- 2008 - Toshiba of Japan announces it is giving up on its HD DVD format.
- 2008 - In Cuba, President and commander-in-chief Fidel Castro steps down, turning over power to brother Raul.
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