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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 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 - Maxis releases The Sims game for the PC.
- 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 TV show Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration airs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1884 - Birth of Rolland Beaumont cricketer (South African batsman in five tests 1912-14).
- 1891 - Birth of Yuri Losmann Estonia, marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920).
- 1903 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie.
- 1906 - Birth of Primo Carnera Italian boxer (champion-1933).
- 1912 - Birth of Byron Nelson Fort Worth Texas, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945).
- 1913 - Birth of Woody Hayes [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year).
- 1924 - First Winter Olympics games close at Chamonix France.
- 1929 - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut vs England at Adelaide.
- 1931 - National League adopts a deader baseball.
- 1932 - (to February 15) The 3rd Olympic Winter Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
- 1935 - Birth of Wallis Mathias cricketer (first non-Muslim to play for Pakistan).
- 1937 - Birth of John Devitt Australia, 100 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1937 - Birth of Magnar Solberg Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympics-gold-1968, 72).
- 1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games.
- 1943 - Frank Calder first NHL president, dies.
- 1946 - Birth of Mary Meyer US, 500 metre speed skater (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1948 - Birth of Rakesh Shukla cricket leg-spinner (one Test India vs Sri Lanka 1982).
- 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.
- 1959 - Birth of Lawrence Taylor [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (New York Giants).
- 1960 - San Francisco Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park.
- 1961 - Birth of Denis Savard Pointe Gatineau California, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1961 - Birth of Vern Fleming Long Island City, New York, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1962 - Birth of Dan Plesac Gary Indiana, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1962 - Birth of Vern Fleming NBA guard (New Jersey Nets).
- 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.
- 1963 - Birth of Jane Leary Sydney Australia, golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champion).
- 1963 - Birth of Pirmin Zurbriggen Swiss alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1963 - Birth of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto Hawaii, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-2 gold/silver-1984, 1988).
- 1965 - Birth of John van Loen Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce).
- 1965 - U C Greyhound champion trotter (horse), dies at 33.
- 1966 - Birth of Barry Klein Grand Rapids Michigan, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Sergei Grinkov Soviet ice skater (Olympics-gold 1988, 1994).
- 1968 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball.
- 1969 - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati-Detroit, San Diego-Boston.
- 1969 - Birth of Brad Cornett US baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Crooms WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1969 - Birth of Dallas Drake Trail, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1969 - Birth of Joe Sacco Medford Massachusetts, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1969 - John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
- 1970 - Birth of John Frascatore US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1970 - Birth of Todd Peterson NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1971 - Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks.
- 1971 - Birth of Kevin Farkas NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers).
- 1971 - Birth of Maarten Atmodikoro soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC).
- 1971 - Birth of Pete Pierson NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Sterling Palmer NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins).
- 1972 - Birth of Kelvin Anderson Canadian Football League running back (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1973 - Birth of Oscar De La Hoya Los Angeles California, boxer (Olympics-gold-1992).
- 1973 - New York Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game.
- 1973 - Manfred Kokot runs world record 50 metre indoor (5.61 seconds).
- 1974 - Birth of Brandon Convery Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1976 - (to February 15) The 12th Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver.
- 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 vs 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 - Saint Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship.
- 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 vs SL, 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 vs South Australia.
- 1995 - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62.
- 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 footballer 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.
- 2006 - The Wowowee stampede occurs at the PhilSports Arena. 61 killed.
- 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 has coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men's college basketball coaches.
- 1961 - Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure.
- 1967 - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3.
- 1971 - Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell).
- 1993 - Russian space agency tests a 82-foot wide space mirror.
- 1783 - In Calabria, Italy, one of the world's most destructive earthquakes occurs, responsible for 50,000 deaths and enormous property loss. This is the first earthquake to be investigated scientifically.
- 1797 - Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000.
- 1976 - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras.
- 1997 - In Northeastern Iran, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs. At least 88 people killed, nearly 2,000 injured, 16,500 houses destroyed or damaged.
- 1998 - In Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. At least 2,323 people killed, 818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed.
Other history:
- 1797 - Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, kills 40,000.
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