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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'.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2004 - John Hench dies, at age 95. Hench worked at Disney for 64 years, the longest of any Disney employee. He worked on animation, and took part in the creation of all Disney parks.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1889 - Birth of Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's).
- 1889 - Birth of Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (first Lancastrian to score 100 100's).
- 1891 - Birth of Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim California, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon).
- 1893 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds).
- 1897 - Hoss Radbourn pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42.
- 1903 - Birth of Joan Whitney Payson owner of New York Mets and horse stables.
- 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.
- 1934 - Birth of Hank Aaron; baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1937 - Birth of Gaston Roelants Belgium, world cross-country champion.
- 1938 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds).
- 1939 - Birth of Brian Luckhurst cricketer (England opener of 60's and early 70's).
- 1942 - Birth of Roger Staubach NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1942 - Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore.
- 1943 - Birth of Craig Morton Flint Michigan, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver).
- 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.
- 1952 - Reginald Allen cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies.
- 1956 - 7th Winter Olympics 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 $30 million Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build.
- 1957 - Birth of Craig Wilson Beeville Texas, US water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-84, 88).
- 1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies vs Pakistan, Port-of-Spain.
- 1959 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide.
- 1959 - Birth of Glenn Dubis Lincoln Nebraska, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Jane Geddes Huntington New York, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open).
- 1960 - Louis Stricker cricketer (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies.
- 1964 - Birth of Jim Pugh Burbank California, tennis star.
- 1965 - Birth of Ben Lee Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of James David McGovern Teaneck New Jersey, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Tarik Benhabiles Algeria, tennis star.
- 1966 - Birth of Jose Maria Olazabal golfer.
- 1968 - Birth of Regina Rajchitova Czechoslovakia, tennis star.
- 1968 - Birth of Roberto Alomar Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1968 - Birth of Will Furrer NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1968 - Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m.
- 1969 - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Redskins.
- 1970 - First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six.
- 1970 - Birth of Darren Lehmann cricketer (South Africa and Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Forey Duckett NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores).
- 1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban.
- 1971 - Birth of Dennis Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin, 125.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Dianne Norman Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Peter "Chip" Cipollone Ardmore Pennsylvania, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Bailey ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Tony Johnson tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1972 - Bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1973 - Birth of Laura Espinoza-Watson Torrance California, female infielder (Silver Bullets).
- 1973 - Birth of Richard Matvichuk Fort Saskatchewan Canada, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars).
- 1974 - Birth of Adrienne Johnson WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1974 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.
- 1975 - Birth of Giovanni van Bronckhorst Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1975 - Birth of Jan l'Ami Dutch soccer player (Willem II).
- 1976 - Birth of Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico).
- 1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath.
- 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.
- 1979 - Eddie Paynter cricketer (20 Tests for England, average 59.23), dies.
- 1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit.
- 1984 - New Zealand beat England (82 and 93) by an innings in three days.
- 1984 - Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1988 - First prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre beats Hulk Hogan.
- 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 - Howard Stern kisses New York Giants Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl.
- 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 vs India.
- 1993 - Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies.
- 1994 - Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1963 - Soviet lunar probe failure.
- 1971 - Apollo 14, third US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell walk on Moon for four hours.
- 1974 - US Mariner 10 returns first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure.
- 1987 - Soyuz TM-2 launches.
- 1663 - In the St. Lawrence River valley (Canada), an Intensity X earthquake occurs, causing vast landslides along the St. Maurice, Batiscan, and St. Lawrence Rivers.
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