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What happened in history on this day: September 23?
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 September 23 in ...
- 1980 - Rod Brock confirms a non-exclusive licensing arrangement with Microsoft for 86-DOS. Microsoft will pay a US$10,000 upfront fee for the right to distribute 86-DOS to an unlimited number of end users, and to sublicense 86-DOS to equipment manufacturers for US$10,000 (US$15,000 with source code).
- 1985 - Apple Computer files a lawsuit against Steve Jobs, claiming he secretly planned to form a company using several key Apple employees and technologies.
- 1997 - IBM announces the IBM WorkPad handheld computer. It features 1 MB RAM. Weight is 6 ounces; price is US$399.
- 1997 - Microsoft releases the first beta test of Windows NT 5.0 at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.
- 1999 - Intel tells PC vendors to delay shipments of computers using Pentium III processors with 820 chipsets and Rambus DRAM, due to unresolved application and system crashes.
- 2003 - In San Francisco, California, Advanced Micro Devices launches the 64-bit Athlon 64 processor. The 2.2 GHz Athlon 64 FX-51 is priced at US$733 in 1000-unit quantities. The Athlon 64 3200+ is priced at US$417, and the Athlon 3000+ is priced at US$278.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A "Restoration Software" store appears, with LCD monitors on a desk.
- 1938 - The Mickey Mouse film The Brave Little Tailor is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1949 - Disney releases the Goofy film Goofy Gymnastics to theaters.
- 1955 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Up a Tree to theaters. Chip 'n Dale also appear.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Golden Horseshoe Revue.
- 1972 - Sharjah issues 32 different postage stamps featuring Disney cartoon characters. This is an illegal issue, not authorized by Disney.
- 1980 - The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells take a tour of the Disney studio in Burbank, with Roy Disney.
- 1989 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Not Quite Human II.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Hull High.
- 1990 - The Disney Channel begins airing the series The Magical World of Disney.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Terminal Velocity to theaters.
- 1997 - The Fox TV network airs the pilot Steel Chariots.
- 2009 - The ABC TV network premieres the Cougar Town TV series.
- 1984 - At the Seattle International Raceway in Kent, Washington, the SCCA Budweiser Trans-Am Championship - Round 12 race is held.
- Finishing 4th is the DeAtley Budweiser #1 Corvette, driven by David Hobbs.
- Finishing 8th is the Team Pacific Trail #54 Corvette, driven by David Schroeder.
- Finishing 11th is the B.C. Auto Body #41 Corvette, driven by Bill Craine.
- Finishing 13th is the Last Hurrah #26 Corvette, driven by Jeff Weymouth.
- In 22nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Automotive Enterprise #27 Corvette, driven by Rich Sloma.
- In 25th place, but not finishing the race, is the DeAtley Budweiser #3 Corvette, driven by Darin Brassfield.
- 1998 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A red 1984-96 model Corvette convertible appears.
- 2017 - European ADAC racing series at Hockenheim. In the first race, Jules Gounon and Daniel Keilwitz of Team Callaway Competition finish 1st.
- 1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sends Adolf Hitler's demands to Czechoslovakia.
- 1938 - Czechoslovakia orders general mobilization.
- 1938 - France orders partial mobilization.
- 1939 - Chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet orders troops remain mobilized until further notice.
- 1939 - Premier Benito Mussolini gives a speech, affirming Italian neutrality unless attacked.
- 1939 - Hungary and Soviet Russia re-establish diplomatic relations.
- 1939 - The German Reich Defence Council authorizes the Finance Minister to raise 15 billion marks in war credit financing.
- 1940 - Japanese forces march into northern French Indochina, taking Tonkin Province quickly.
- 1940 - British and Free French forces commence a joint operation under Charles de Gaulle to try to seize Dakar in French West Africa.
- 1940 - (evening) 119 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
- 1941 - Canada's War Committee of the Cabinet discusses Britain's request for two battalions for Hong Kong. They agree, subject to opinions from the Minister of National Defence and General Andrew McNaughton.
- 1942 - (evening) British bombers attack the submarine building yard at Wismar and the nearby Dornier aircraft factory.
- 1944 - (evening) British Bomber Command aircraft breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany with a 12,000-pound bomb.
- 1967 - The USSR issues a postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the fight of Young Guards at Krasnodon against the Germans.
- 1993 - Palau issues ten postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific.
- 2005 - Malta issues five postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1999 - Enix releases the Dragon Quest I & II Remix video game for the Game Boy Color in Japan.
- 2002 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox Adventures video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2003 - Midway Sports releases the NHL Hitz Pro video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Arcade game called "Time Waster" appears.
- 2008 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment releases the LEGO Batman: The Videogame video game for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2014 - Electronic Arts releases the FIFA 15 video game for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii in the USA.
- 1905 - In Karlstad, negotiations reach a successful conclusion; the Karlstad Conventions are signed.
- 2005 - The United States Postal Service and Sweden Post jointly issue postage stamps (USA 37 cents, Sweden 10 kronor) marking the 100th anniversary (September 18) of the birth of actress Greta Garbo.
- 1907 - A proclamation sets the fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada.
- 1977 - Highlights of the Charles D. Moore Auctions auction at the Toronto Coin Club Fall Coin Rally in Toronto:
- 5 cents 1921 good/very good: $5000;
- 25 cents 1894 proof-like (finest known): $2500;
- 1947 ML set with curved 7 50 cents: $6200.
- 1995 - Danielle Wetherup, Master of the Mint, announces that metallic changes to circulating coins will not take place in 1996, but will in 1997.
- 1961 - Eva B. Adams is confirmed as director of the US Mint.
- 1970 - Thomas Wolfe, director of the Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations, announces to the American Metal Market Forum in New York City that Treasury withdrew and melted 200 million ounces of silver dimes and quarters from circulation since July 1967.
- 1997 - The House of Representatives passes H.R. 2414, voting 413-6 to approve a 50-State circulating quarter dollar program.
- 2007 - (to September 26) Ira and Larry Goldberg conducts the Pre-Long Beach Sale. Some highlights:
- 1921 $20 gold coin, MS-65 PCGS: $1,102,000;
- 1795 $10 gold coin, 13 leaves, MS-64 NGC: $448,500;
- 1933 $10 gold coin, MS-64 PCGS: $437,000.
- 1845 - First baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code.
- 1873 - Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title.
- 1908 - New York Giants' Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch second, causes third out in 9th inning, disallows winning run (game ends tied, Chicago Cubs win replay and pennant).
- 1926 - Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in 10th round for world heavyweight boxing title.
- 1933 - New York Yankees commit 7 errors in one game but beat Boston 16-12.
- 1939 - Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6; Brooklyn Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-4.
- 1950 - Philadelphia Athletics' Joe Astroth is fourth to get six RBIs in an inning (6th).
- 1952 - First US closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event: the Rocky Marciano versus Jersey Joe Walcott fight, in 49 theaters in 31 cities. Rocky Marciano knocks out the heavyweight champion in the 13th round.
- 1962 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104.
- 1979 - Lou Brock steals base number 938 to break Billy Hamilton's record in a 10-inning Saint Louis victory over the New York Mets, 7-4.
- 1983 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton wins his 300th game (beating Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1984 - San Francisco 49ers' Joe Montana misses his first start in 49 games.
- 1984 - Sparky Anderson is first manager to win 100 games in both baseball leagues.
- 1986 - Houston Astros' Jim Deshales sets record of striking out first 8 men starting a ball game, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0.
- 1988 - Jose Canseco becomes Major League Baseball's first to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs.
- 1991 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
- 2006 - At Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles player Jay Gibbons hits a foul ball that hits wife Laura in the rib cage.
- 2006 - In Milwaukee's Miller Park, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 734th career homer surpassing Hank Aaron and establishing a new all-time National League home run record.
- 2007 - Yokozuna Hakuho wins the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
- 2022 - In London, England, Roger Federer plays the last tennis match of his professional career, at the Laver Cup. Federer and Rafael Nadal played a doubles match against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
- 1846 - Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune.
- 1976 - Soyuz 22 returns to Earth.
- 1983 - Space shuttle Columbia moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating in preparation of STS-9.
- 2009 - India successfully launches an Oceansat-2 Indian remote-sensing satellite and six smaller foreign satellites in a single mission.
- 2004 - Tropical Storm Ivan, having come around and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico, makes its final landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, to little effect. In total, the storm will kill 92 people.
- 1777 - The Liberty Bell is moved to Allentown, Pennsylnavia, to keep it safe from the British.
- 1779 - American John Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard defeats HMS Serepis.
- 1780 - British Major John Andre is apprehended as a spy, near Tarrytown, New York.
- 1833 - Roger B. Taney takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is published in Northern newspapers.
- 1863 - Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins.
- 1897 - First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene, Wyoming).
- 1899 - In Cape Yakataga, Alaska, a magnitude 6.9 - 7.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released.
- 1947 - The Mounds Club in Cleveland, Ohio, is robbed by ten armed hooded men, taking an estimated $250,000 to $500,000.
- 1949 - US President Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation.
- 1961 - The US Senate confirms Eva B. Adams as director of the Mint.
- 1962 - New York's Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
- 1970 - Thomas Wolfe, director of the Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations, announces to the American Metal Market Forum in New York City that Treasury withdrew and melted 200 million ounces of silver dimes and quarters from circulation since July 1967.
- 1974 - The Fort Knox Bullion Depository gold supply is examined by Congress and the press.
- 1979 - Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City.
- 1983 - Katherine Davalos Ortega begins term as US Treasurer.
- 1992 - 928th and last nuclear bomb test in the USA.
- 1995 - Argentine national Guillermo "Bill" Gaede is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of industrial espionage. His sales to Cuba, China, North Korea and Iran are believed to have involved Intel and Advanced Micro Devices trade secrets worth US$10-20 million.
- 2004 - Mount Saint Helens in Washington state, USA, becomes active again.
- 2004 - Tropical Storm Ivan, having come around and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico, makes its final landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, to little effect. In total, the storm will kill 92 people.
- 2010 - Video chain Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with a plan to cut debt from near $1 billion down to $100 million, and giving a group of bondholders led by billionaire Carl Icahn and hedge funds a controlling stake in the company.
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