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What happened in history on this day: February 9?
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 9 in ...
- 1994 - Electronic Arts and Broderbund Software announce a proposed merger, in a stock swap valued at about US$408 million.
- 1996 - Bandai Digital Entertainment unveils the Pippin Atmark computer. The system is licensed from Apple Computer, comes with keyboard, mouse, and modem for Internet access, and plugs into a television.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with system unit under CRT monitor, and separate keyboard and mouse.
- 1940 - The film Pinocchio opens in Los Angeles theaters.
- 1942 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dumbo for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
- 1942 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Baby Mine" from the film Dumbo for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1942 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Lend a Paw for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1942 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Truant Officer Donald for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1946 - Disney re-releases the film Dumbo to theaters in New York.
- 1951 - The Pluto film Cold Storage is released.
- 1953 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Water Birds for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled A Progress Report (on Disneyland construction), and the film Nature's Half Acre. A model of the Jungle Cruise attraction is shown, giving a dry run along a bare earth route.
- 1958 - Re-assembly of a refurbished third locomotive for Disneyland is completed.
- 1962 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Moon Pilot to theaters. The film is based on a story by Robert Buckner.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, part one.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Secret of Boyne Castle, part one.
- 1979 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The North Avenue Irregulars to theaters in the US.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Time Flyer.
- 1996 - The Disney Institute opens at Walt Disney World, in Florida.
- 2003 - In Hollywood, California, Disney premieres the film The Jungle Book 2.
- 2004 - Microsoft and Disney announce an agreement to cooperate in developing secure digital media content and delivery systems. Microsoft grants Disney a non-exclusive license to its Windows Media digital rights management software.
- 2004 - Comcast chairman Brian Roberts privately asks Disney chairman Michael Eisner to begin merger negotiations. Eisner refuses, saying he is not interested in a buyout at any price.
- 1995 - The first alpha test C5 Corvette enters public roads for the first time.
- 2007 - At the Chicago Auto Show, Chevrolet announces 500 replicas of the Atomic Orange and Gold Corvette Indy Pace Car will be built for sale.
- 1929 - A Protocol renouncing war as an instrument of national policy is signed by the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.
- 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives a speech in Glasgow, Scotland, in which he makes an appeal "give us the tools and we'll finish the job."
- 1942 - German Minister of Armaments and Munitions Dr. Fritz Todt dies in a plane crash, en route from Dnepropetrovsk to Munich. Adolf Hitler designates Albert Speer as successor.
- 1942 - In New York harbor, the USS Lafayette (formerly Normandie) is accidentally ignited by a welding torch during conversion for troopship use. While fighting the fire, too much water poured into the ship capsizes it, setting it on its side in the harbor.
- 1943 - American Marines defeat final resistance on Guadalcanal.
- 1944 - British submarine HMS Venturer torpedoes and sinks German submarine U-864 in the North Sea, with the loss of 73 lives.
- 1946 - Soviet Premier Josef Stalin announces a new Five-Year Plan for the Soviet Union to guarantee the country's future security. Stalin blames World War I and II on the capitalistic world economy, due to the imbalance of raw materials and markets.
- 1946 - In London, England, a representative of the Soviet Union presents its reparations demands on Italy: the equivalent of US$100 million of industrial plants of northern Italy.
- 1946 - Greece demands Italian reparations of US$3 billion in sulphur, textiles and agricultural machinery, automobiles, and reconstruction equipment.
- 1991 - Lithuanians vote by huge majority to restore pre-war independence.
- 1982 - The Boston suburb of Marlborough, Massachusettes, passes an ordinance barring the use of video games by anyone under age 18 during school class hours or late at night, and bans placement of the games within 1500 feet of public schools.
- 1983 - Atari announces the My First Computer keyboard component for the Atari 2600 game system, to turn it into a home computer. It features 8 kB RAM, expandable to 32 kB. The system is to be shipped after September, for under US$90.
- 1996 - Bandai's Digital Entertainment division unveils the Pippin Atmark video game system in Japan. The system is licensed from Apple Computer, comes with keyboard, mouse, and modem for Internet access, and plugs into a television.
- 2004 - Nintendo releases the Metroid: Zero Mission video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US. Price is US$29.99
- 2004 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube in the US.
- 1946 - In London, England, the De Havilland Company announces it will sell jet-propelled Vampire fighter planes and Goblin turbine engines to the Swedish government.
- 2002 - (to February 24) The 19th Olympic Winter Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Sweden wins 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
- 1998 - A Royal proclamation specifies that the design of a 1998 $100 gold coin commemorate the 75th anniversary of the nobel prize award for the discovery of insulin.
- 1540 - The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester).
- 1895 - First intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3).
- 1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts.
- 1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup.
- 1912 - US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion.
- 1916 - Jack Barrett cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1890), dies.
- 1916 - National League votes down a proposal by New York Giants, Braves, and Chicago Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Cincinnati Reds want to decrease to 20).
- 1917 - Francis Allan cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Australia-England Test), dies.
- 1920 - Joint Rules Commission bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs.
- 1932 - America enters Olympics two-man bobsled competition for first time.
- 1935 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee.
- 1940 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1942 - Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils".
- 1943 - National League seeks buyer for Philadelphia Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears.
- 1951 - Saint Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45.
- 1960 - AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no-tampering pact.
- 1964 - IX Olympic Winter Games close at Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1964 - Hanumant Singh scores 105 India versus England on debut at Delhi.
- 1969 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68.
- 1971 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1974 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill.
- 1974 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr.
- 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic.
- 1976 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies.
- 1980 - The late New York Yankees' catcher Thurman Munson is inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of Kent State University.
- 1980 - Rick Barry, Houston Rockets, is first in NBA to score 8, 3-point goals in a game.
- 1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington.
- 1986 - 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas, Texas.
- 1986 - Marvin Johnson wins record third time, light heavyweight boxing title.
- 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic.
- 1986 - West German team swims world record 4x200 metre freestyle (7:05.17).
- 1986 - Mohinder Amarnath becomes the first batsman dismissed for handling the ball in One Day International cricket.
- 1988 - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (overtime) at Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1988 - New Hampshire begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends February 1991).
- 1989 - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
- 1990 - Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13).
- 1991 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5km (6:41.73).
- 1991 - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him.
- 1991 - Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration.
- 1992 - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando.
- 1992 - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 metres).
- 1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400 metre medley (4:07.10).
- 1992 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary.
- 1995 - Irina Privalova runs female world record 50 metre (5.96 seconds).
- 1996 - Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at age 74.
- 1997 - 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland.
- 1997 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am.
- 1997 - LG Senior Golf Championship.
- 1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational.
- 1997 - Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am.
- 1997 - Scotty Bowman is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games.
- 2000 - Death of Beau Jack, American boxer (born 1921).
- 2001 - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees finalize a $189 million, 10-year contract, making Jeter the second highest paid player in the history of the sport.
- 2002 - (to February 24) The XIX Olympic Winter Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- 2003 - The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa.
- 2006 - Bengie Molina signs a US$5 million, one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with a $7.5 million option for 2007.
- 2007 - Death of Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (born 1919).
- 2009 - New York Yankees' baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez admits to having used performance-enhancing steroids earlier in his career, over a three-year period from 2001 to 2003 with the Texas Rangers.
- 2009 - At Plumpton, England, jockey Tony McCoy, riding Restless D'Artaix, records his 3,000th career horse racing win.
- 1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth.
- 1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth.
- 1986 - Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun).
- 1990 - Galileo flies by Venus.
- 1995 - Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space (mission STS-63).
- 1932 - US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing New York).
- 1971 - In San Fernando, California, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. The earthquake lasts about 60 seconds, kills 65, injures more than 2,000, and causes property damage estimated at $505 million.
- 1987 - Brownsville, Texas is deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours; flooding in some parts of the city is worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
Other history:
- 1997 - TV cartoon series "The Simpsons" airs its 167th episode, becoming the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.
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