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What happened in history on this day: February 4?
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 4 in ...
- 1997 - Apple Computer's acquisition of NeXT Software is complete. Total cost is $427 million.
- 1997 - Apple Computer CEO Gilbert Amelio announces restructuring of the company to focus on the Mac OS and Macintosh hardware. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will join the executive committee as advisors to Amelio.
- 1999 - Hitachi announces it will shut down its personal computer company in the United States, merging operations into Hitachi Data Systems.
- 2000 - Electronic Arts releases The Sims game for the PC.
- 2004 - Sun Microsystems introduces StarOffice 7 for Solaris x86. Price is US$80 per license.
- 1938 - RKO Radio Pictures generally releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theatres.
- 1954 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's live-action feature film Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue to theaters in the US. The film was made in Great Britain, the third and last for Disney.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Fantasy on Skis.
- 1966 - Disney releases the animated short film Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree to theaters.
- 1966 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Ugly Dachshund to theaters.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua, part two.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Shadow of Fear, part two.
- 1984 - The Backstage Magic show opens in Communicore East in Future World in EPCOT Center.
- 1990 - The special TV show Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration airs, starring Tony Danza and the Muppets.
- 1991 - Grenada issues eleven postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the film Fantasia.
- 1992 - Maldives issues fourteen postage stamps depicting Disney characters around the world.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film My Father, the Hero to theaters.
- 1996 - Mickey's Christmas Carol shop and The AristoCats shop in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World both close.
- 1997 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film Jack on videocassette (US$107.71) and laserdisc (US$39.99) in the USA.
- 1953 - Chevrolet and General Motors executives decide to make steel-bodied production Corvettes for 1954.
- 1967 - In Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held. Tony Denman and Bob Brown race the Jim White Corvette Grand Sport #004, but do not finish the race. Five other Corvettes enter the race, but none complete it.
- 1978 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the Daytona 24 Hours race is held.
- Finishing 11th in GTO class and 44th overall is the Al Levenson #02 Corvette driven by Dick Neland, Al Levenson, and Tom Brown.
- Placing 21st in GTX class and 49th overall is the Bill Arnold Racing #72 Corvette driven by Carl Thompson, Billy Hagan, and Rusty Schmidt.
- Placing 12th in GTO class and 50th overall is the Richard L. Bostyan #20 Corvette driven by Richard Bostyan, Jerry Thompson, and Don Yenko.
- Placing 15th in GTO class and 54th overall is the Autodyne Inc. #48 Corvette driven by John Carusso, Emory Donaldson, and Luis Sereix.
- 1995 - At the Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona, Florida, the Rolex 24 of Daytona race is held, over two days. Finishing 3rd in GTS-1 class and 10th overall is the #96 Corvette, driven by John Heinricy, Andy Pilgrim, Stu Hayner, and Don Knowles.
- 2005 - The first (non-saleable) production line 2006 Corvette Z06 is built. It is the 16th built, but previous fifteen were hand-assembled.
- 1938 - Adolf Hitler announces a reorganization of the army, abolishing the post of war minister, appointing General Wilhelm Keitel as chief of the armed forces high command (OKW), and appointing Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
- 1943 - The British Air Ministry gives Bomber Command a directive, listing submarine bases as top priority.
- 1943 - (evening) 188 British bombers attack Turin, Italy. Heavy damage is inflicted. Three planes are shot down.
- 1944 - Japanese forces launch an offensive in Arakan, Burma.
- 1944 - (0900 hours) A Japanese force of about 5500 under General Sakurai captures Taung Bazar in Burma.
- 1945 - The Yalta Conference takes place, over eight days, to discuss post-war policies. Russia asks for an Allied air bombing of Berlin and Leipzig.
- 1945 - US General Omar Bradley relays an order to General Courtney Hodges of the US 1st Army to seize the Schwammenauel Dam near Schmidt on the Roer River, and other dams.
- 1994 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of liberation.
- 1995 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Yalta Conference.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Paper Mario video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2002 - Sega releases the Sonic Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 1862 - The Stockholm Stock Exchange opens for its first day of trading.
- 1932 - (to February 15) The 3rd Olympic Winter Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, USA. Sweden wins 1 gold and 2 silver medals.
- 1976 - (to February 15) The 12th Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria. Sweden wins 2 bronze medals.
- 1980 - Canadian silver coins are removed from the federal export control list, allowing them to be freely exported. The one cent coin remains on the export control list.
- 2000 - In Windsor, Ontario, the Royal Canadian Mint launches the February 25c nickel coin, entitled Ingenuity, by John Jaciw.
- 2013 - Last day of deliveries from the Royal Canadian Mint of the 1-cent coin for circulation. The Royal Canadian Mint struck 35 billion cent coins since 1908.
- 2023 - The World of Money Fair is held in Berlin, Germany. The Coin of the Year organization presents awards for 2021-dated issues. The Royal Canadian Mint wins Best Crown Coin category for the $20 silver coin "Black and Gold: The Gray Wolf". The Royal Canadian Mint wins Best Circulation Coin category for the colored 10-cent coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Bluenose schooner.
- 1795 - First delivery of 18,164 1795-dated silver half dollars.
- 1854 - US Senate confirms J. Ross Snowden as Mint Director.
- 1870 - The Carson City Mint begins striking silver dollars.
- 1861 - Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- 1903 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie.
- 1924 - First Olympic Winter Games close at Chamonix, France.
- 1929 - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut versus England at Adelaide.
- 1931 - US Major League Baseball's National League adopts a deader baseball.
- 1932 - (to February 15) The III Olympic Winter Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
- 1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games.
- 1939 - Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort.
- 1951 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer.
- 1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button.
- 1956 - American League plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training.
- 1958 - Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for first time since 1950.
- 1960 - Baseball Writers Association of America voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member.
- 1960 - San Francisco Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park.
- 1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game.
- 1962 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles.
- 1962 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt.
- 1968 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball.
- 1969 - 41,163, largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati Royals versus Detroit Pistons, San Diego Rockets versus Boston Celtics.
- 1969 - John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
- 1973 - New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres play a penalty-free game.
- 1973 - Manfred Kokot runs world record 50 metre indoor (5.61 seconds).
- 1976 - (to February 15) The XII Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1976 - Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency.
- 1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- 1979 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament.
- 1980 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek.
- 1983 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
- 1986 - 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (overtime) at Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1987 - Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia's Kookaburra 3, bringing America's Cup yachting trophy back to USA.
- 1987 - Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954.
- 1989 - Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.
- 1990 - Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.81 seconds).
- 1990 - Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45:04).
- 1990 - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
- 1990 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21.
- 1990 - Pat Bradley win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1990 - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar).
- 1990 - The Saint Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship, 12-4.
- 1991 - Baseball Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
- 1991 - Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand versus Sierra Leone, world record.
- 1994 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds).
- 1994 - Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 metre indoor (8:18.71).
- 1995 - Dean Jones completes 324 for Victoria versus South Australia.
- 1995 - Zimbabwe's first Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning.
- 1996 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
- 1997 - Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals.
- 1997 - Ipswich Town football player Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour.
- 2004 - The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal.
- 2005 - The Chicago Cubs sign Aramis Ramirez to a US$8.95 million, one-year contract.
- 2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
- 2008 - Texas Tech University basketball coach Bob Knight resigns. He had coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men's college basketball coaches.
- 2010 - The Detroit Tigers sign baseball pitcher Justin Verlander to a US$80-million five-year contract.
- 2022 - In Beijing, People's Republic of China, the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are held.
- 1961 - Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure.
- 1967 - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3.
- 1993 - Russian space agency tests a 82-foot wide space mirror.
- 2008 - Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket into space.
- 1787 - First Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania are consecrated in London, England.
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails.
- 1789 - First US electoral college chooses George Washington and John Adams as President and Vice President.
- 1822 - Free American blacks settle Liberia, West Africa.
- 1846 - Mormons leave Nauvoo, Missouri, for settlement in the west.
- 1847 - First US telegraph company established in Maryland.
- 1849 - University of Wisconsin begins in one room with 20 students.
- 1854 - Alvan Bovay proposes the name "Republican Party", Ripon Wisconsin.
- 1854 - US Senate confirms J. Ross Snowden as Mint Director.
- 1861 - Confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, in Montgomery, Alabama. Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi.
- 1887 - Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads.
- 1895 - First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1899 - Revolt against US occupation of Philippines begins.
- 1913 - US National Institute of Arts and Letters founded.
- 1914 - US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law.
- 1915 - Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi Penitentiary.
- 1919 - Congress enacts Public Law 65-253, establishing the Navy Cross.
- 1930 - First tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1938 - RKO Radio Pictures generally releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theatres in the USA.
- 1941 - United Service Organization (USO) founded.
- 1942 - Clinton Pierce becomes first US General wounded in action in World War II.
- 1944 - US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein.
- 1944 - Presidential executive order establishes the Bronze Star medal for heroic service against an opposing armed force.
- 1945 - The Yalta Conference takes place, over eight days, to discuss post-war policies. Russia asks for an Allied air bombing of Berlin and Leipzig.
- 1957 - First electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse, New York, USA).
- 1964 - US Federal Aviation Administration begins six month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- 1965 - In Rat Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurs, one of the largest earthquakes in the USA and the world. The resulting tsunami is recorded widely across the Pacific.
- 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1967 - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
- 1972 - 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna, Austria.
- 1974 - Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1977 - Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago street (11 die, 200 hurt).
- 1985 - Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons.
- 1987 - US President Ronald Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by US Congress.
- 1993 - Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1994 - The Federal Open Market Committee raises the US Federal Funds target rate for the first time since May 1989. The rate is raised by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent.
- 1997 - O.J. Simpson is found liable in civil court for the death of Ron Goldman and for the battery of Nicole Brown Simpson. Simpson is ordered to pay $35 million in damages to the families of the two victims.
- 1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
- 2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
- 2007 - Meteors and fireballs are reported in several states in the Midwestern USA.
- 2008 - U.S. President George W. Bush unveils a record US$3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2009, including US$515 billion for military spending, and US$70 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan for just part of 2009. Domestic programs would be deeply cut. The budget is the first to be presented electronically.
- 2021 - US President Joe Biden announces that the United States will cease providing weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for use in the Yemeni Civil War.
- 2023 - An American F-22 fighter jet shoots down a PRoChina balloon at 60,000 feet off the coast of South Carolina that floated across the country.
Other history:
- 1797 - Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, kills 40,000.
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