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What happened in history on this day: February 11?
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 11 in ...
- 1983 - A Taipei, Taiwan, district criminal court dismisses Apple Computer's charges against Sunrise Computer Service and Golden Formosa Microcomputer of making and selling pirated copies of patented Apple software products.
- 1985 - Texas Instruments begins volume production of 256 kilobit DRAM chips.
- 1985 - Franklin Computer emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- 1985 - Digital Equipment concedes it has ceased production of the Rainbow computer.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices introduces the 850 MHz Athlon processor. Price is US$849 in 1000 unit quantities.
- 1932 - Disney releases the Mickey Mouse film The Grocery Boy to theaters.
- 1938 - The Donald Duck film Self Control is released to theaters.
- 1949 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Donald's Happy Birthday to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1952 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Alice in Wonderland for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
- 1952 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Lambert the Sheepish Lion for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1952 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Nature's Half Acre for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled My Family Is a Menagerie.
- 1970 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes to theatres.
- 1970 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film King of the Grizzlies to theatres. the film is based on the book The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson.
- 1973 - The Legacy of Walt Disney display at Disneyland closes.
- 1976 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film No Deposit, No Return to theaters.
- 1982 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Dragonslayer to theaters in the UK.
- 1987 - The Walt Disney Company is re-incorporated, in Delaware.
- 1987 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Paul Newman for his role in the film The Color of Money for an Oscar Award in the category Actor.
- 1987 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio for her role in the film The Color of Money for an Oscar Award in the category Supporting Actress.
- 1987 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Color of Money for an Oscar Award in the category Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
- 1987 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Color of Money for an Oscar Award in the category Art Direction - Set Decoration.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, entitled A Ducktales Valentine!.
- 1991 - Tanzania issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters.
- 1992 - Grenada issues twelve postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in thrill sports.
- 1994 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Blank Check to theaters.
- 1995 - Sotheby's galleries in New York conducts an auction of The Art of The Lion King. Auction receipts gross over US$2 million.
- 1999 - Disney premieres the live-action feature film My Favorite Martian at Famous Players Colossus Center in Toronto, Canada.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Tigger Movie to theaters in the USA.
- 2002 - In Hollywood, California, Disney premieres the film Return to Never Land.
- 2004 - Comcast launches a hostile takeover bid for Disney, publicly releasing a letter to Michael Eisner outlining the proposed financial terms. If approved, Comcast would issue 0.78 of a Comcast share for each Disney share (total value US$54 billion) plus assume Disney's debt of about US$12 billion. Disney shareholders would then own about 42 percent of the combined company, which would be worth US$125 billion.
- 2004 - Institutional Shareholder Services issues a statement criticizing Michael Eisner's leadership, and recommending Disney shareholders withhold their votes from Eisner at the upcoming shareholders' meeting.
- 2004 - Disney releases a response to Comcast's takeover bid, saying they will evaluate the proposal.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. The spaghetti kissing scene from Lady and the Tramp is mocked, with a girl kissing a dog looking like Tramp.
- 1962 - At Daytona Beach, Florida, the three hour Daytona Continental race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GT +5000 class and 13th overall is the Grady Davis/Gulf Oil #11 Corvette driven by Dick Thompson.
- Finishing 2nd in GT +5000 class and 19th overall is the Grady Davis/Gulf Oil #10 1960 Corvette driven by Don Yenko.
- Finishing 3rd in GT +5000 class and 20th overall is the Red Vogt #20 Corvette driven by Marvin Panch.
- Finishing 4th in GT +5000 class and 21th overall is the Delmo Johnson #25 Corvette driven by Dave Morgan.
- Finishing 5th in GT +5000 class and 23th overall is the John Walker #75 Corvette driven by Jack Knab.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In the year 3000, a two-door spaceship has a front end looking just like a 1991-96 model Corvette: same pop-up headlights, hood bulge, hood insignia, wraparound parking-cornering-fog lamps, licence plate cover, and rub molding around entire vehicle.
- 1938 - Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg meets with Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. Adolf Hitler demands that Austria become a protectorate of Germany, governed by him. Schuschnigg signs in agreement.
- 1940 - Russian forces breach the main Finnish defensive line.
- 1942 - (2245 hours) German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen leave Brest, heading through the Straits of Dover to German home ports.
- 1943 - Karkov is recaptured by the Soviet Red Army.
- 1943 - (evening) 177 British bombers attack Wilhelmshaven, Germany. A hit on a naval ammunition depot devastates 120 acres of the town and dockyards.
- 1944 - German Admiral Wilhelm Canaris is relieved of his Abwer command.
- 1945 - At Yalta, representatives of Great Britain, the USA, and the Soviet Union sign a secret agreement on certain post-war issues. After victory over Japan, the Soviet Union is to receive the Kurile Islands, and southern Sakhalin and adjacent islands.
- 1946 - The U.S. Military Tribunal in Japan convicts Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma of the Japanese Army of ordering the Bataan Death March and condoning other wartime atrocities. He is sentenced to death by firing squad.
- 1946 - The secret agreement by the Allies made in Yalta is published publicly. The terms of the Soviet Union joining the war versus Japan include maintaining the status quo in Outer Mongolia, the restoration of southern Sakhalin and adjacent islands to the Soviet Union, and the gain to the Soviet Union of the Kurile Islands.
- 1946 - At the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, former German Field Marshal General Friedrich von Paulus testifies as a witness for the Russian prosecution. He says the initiators of the German attack on Russia are Hermann Göring, Wilhelm Keitel, and Alfred Jodl, with plans started on September 3, 1940.
- 1946 - (over 33 hours) American combat engineers, intelligence officers, a German prisoner and his French guard (party of thirteen total) unearth thirty huge crates from southern Bohemia, containing documents of the Czech state, and complete records of German occupation of Czechoslovakia. The German Gestapo had buried the documents about a year ago, in a shaft 6 x 6 x 30 feet deep, with over fifty booby traps.
- 1990 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. Two characters play a boxing home video game "Super Slugfest" on the TV, using single-button joysticks. One character goes to the arcade to practice on the arcade version.
- 1990 - Enix releases the Dragon Quest IV game for the Famicom in Japan. On the first day in stores, 1.3 million copies are sold, for about US$75 each.
- 1993 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game Version 4.0 (T-Unit) to arcades in the US.
- 1999 - Square releases the Final Fantasy VIII video game for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2000 - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses an earlier ruling that prevented Connectix from shipping the Virtual Game Station PlayStation emulator software for the Macintosh.
- 2002 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 1607 - King Karl IX founds the Skultuna Messrigsbruk brass works factory by edict. The factory is located just outside Västerås, along the Svartå River.
- 1928 - (to February 19) The 2nd Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Sweden wins 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medals.
- 1930 - Roy Allen's image of a bull's eye circle, arrow through the middle, A & W on top inside, ROOT BEER below, is registered as a trade-mark.
- 1977 - The Numismatic Hobby Protection bill is given second reading in the House of Commons, and is referred to the Standing Committee on Justice.
- 1851 - First cricket first-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs Victoria, Launceston.
- 1891 - Birth of J W Hearne cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests).
- 1900 - Birth of Thomas Hitchcock Jr great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39).
- 1905 - James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299.5-last pin breaks but stands.
- 1908 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England.
- 1909 - Birth of Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35)/actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady).
- 1919 - Birth of Gretchen Fraser Tacoma Washington, slalom skier (Olympics-gold-1948).
- 1927 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran.
- 1927 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles.
- 1928 - (to February 19) The 2nd Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
- 1928 - Birth of Gerry Alexander cricket wicketkeeper (West Indies of 50s and 60s).
- 1930 - Birth of Alevtina Koltschina USSR, cross country relay skier (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1931 - Birth of Larry Merchant author/boxing commentator (Showtime).
- 1937 - Birth of Bill Lawry cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit).
- 1937 - Birth of Peter Lashley cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66).
- 1938 - Birth of Bevan Congdon cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 60s and 70s).
- 1938 - Birth of Boris Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1938 - Birth of Yevgeniy Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1938 - Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champion.
- 1940 - Birth of Calvin Fowler Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1944 - Birth of Bert Greene golfer.
- 1948 - Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England vs West Indies, out for 140.
- 1948 - Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs England Port-of-Spain.
- 1949 - Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title.
- 1950 - Birth of Clarence Ellis NFL player.
- 1957 - NHL Players Association forms (New York City, New York), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president.
- 1958 - Birth of Regina Marsikova Czechoslovakia, tennis star.
- 1959 - Birth of Corinne Shigemoto US judo coach (Olympics-1996).
- 1959 - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Docter US, 3000 metre speed skater (Olympics-1980, 1984, 1988, 1992).
- 1963 - Birth of Todd Benzinger US baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
- 1965 - Birth of Angie Ridgeway Wabash Indiana, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th).
- 1965 - Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee.
- 1966 - Birth of Alexander Semak Ufa Russia, NHL center (New York Islanders).
- 1966 - Birth of Anthony Parker NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings, Saint Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1966 - Birth of Patrick Kuhnen West Germany, tennis star.
- 1967 - Birth of Barbara Byrne Princeton New Jersey, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Chris Reohr Ridley Park Pennsylvania, fencer (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Derek King Hamilton, NHL left wing (New York Islanders).
- 1967 - Birth of John Patterson US baseball infielder (San Francisco Giants).
- 1968 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France.
- 1969 - Birth of Bryan Eversgerd US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1969 - Birth of Joe Valerio NFL outside corner/tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1969 - Birth of Kevin King US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1969 - Birth of Mark Atkinson cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman).
- 1969 - Diana Crump becomes first US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah.
- 1969 - Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion.
- 1970 - Birth of Alistair Brown cricketer (Surrey and England ODI opening batsman 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Allyn Scott Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland.
- 1971 - Birth of John Bock NFL center (New York Jets, Miami Dolphins).
- 1971 - Birth of Linda Wild Arlington Heights Illinois, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open).
- 1971 - Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal.
- 1972 - Birth of Dennis Iliohan Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag).
- 1973 - First sub 17-minute 1,500 metre female freestyle swim (Shane Gould 16 minutes 56.9 seconds).
- 1973 - Birth of Tom Tumulty linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic.
- 1973 - Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row.
- 1974 - First baseball arbitration Minnesota Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000.
- 1974 - Birth of Brian Newman guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1974 - Birth of Ronnie Ward linebacker (Miami Dolphins).
- 1974 - Birth of Wally Richardson quarterback (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1974 - Dick Woodson is first of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule.
- 1975 - Birth of Chuck Watanabe kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Jacque Vaughn NBA guard (Utah Jazz).
- 1976 - Birth of Tony Battie NBA forward (Denver Nuggets).
- 1977 - Birth of Jessica Carlson Kalamazoo Michigan, archer (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Stephanie Richardson Toronto Ontario, 200 metre/800 metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1981 - Australia all out 83 vs India at MCG chasing 143 to win.
- 1984 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11.
- 1985 - Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, US$6 million contract with Minnesota Twins.
- 1985 - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his second Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins.
- 1986 - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1987 - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1989 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary.
- 1990 - 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 in Miami.
- 1990 - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson to win the World Heavyweight Boxing crown.
- 1990 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
- 1992 - Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400 metre (44.97 seconds).
- 1993 - Irina Privalova runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.92 seconds).
- 1994 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23.
- 1994 - Death of Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946).
- 1995 - Danyon Loader swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.46 seconds).
- 1995 - Mark Foster swims world record 50 metre butterfly (23.55 seconds).
- 1995 - Sandra Völker swims European record 50 metre backstroke (27.67 seconds).
- 1995 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
- 1995 - West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand.
- 1996 - 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio.
- 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricket player (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in three Tests), dies (born 1921).
- 1997 - Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets.
- 2001 - The East beats the West 111-110 in the 50th NBA All Star Game in Washington, DC.
- 2001 - Three Rivers Stadium, 30-year-old home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is imploded.
- 2006 - Pitcher Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs agree to a one-year deal worth US$6.5 million.
- 2007 - All-star backstop Joe Mauer the Minnesota Twins come to terms on a $33 million, four-year contract.
- 1970 - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit.
- 1984 - 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands.
- 1995 - Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands.
- 1997 - STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches.
- 1999 - Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979.
- 1899 - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Montana (record low temperature).
- 1932 - 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February.
- 1999 - In Afghanistan, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. Seventy people killed, 500 injured, at least 14,000 homeless and 7,000 houses destroyed.
Other history:
- 1814 - Norway's independence proclaimed.
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