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What happened in history on this day: February 15?
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 15 in ...
- 1995 - In San Francisco, California, the International Solid State Circuits Conference is held, over three days.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- An issue of "WIRED" magazine shows a desktop computer on the cover.
- A personal computer is used to access the Internet over 28.8kbps modem.
- Bill Gates appears, offering to buy out a competing Internet company. Instead of actually buying the company, two of his goons trash the office.
- 2000 - At the Intel Developer's Forum, Intel demonstrates an upcoming 32-bit processor, code-named Willamette, running at 1.5 GHz.
- 1926 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Mysterious Mystery to theaters.
- 1930 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film Autumn.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Orphan's Picnic is released to theaters. Donald Duck also appears.
- 1948 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Song of the South for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
- 1948 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1948 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Chip an' Dale for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1948 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Pluto's Blue Note for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1950 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Cinderella to theaters. The film cost US$3 million to make.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Rugged Bear for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Bear Country for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Ben and Me for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Alaskan Eskimo for an Oscar Award in the category Documentary, Short Subjects.
- 1954 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Living Desert for an Oscar Award in the category Documentary, Features.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Our Unsung Villains.
- 1956 - Disney releases the fifth People and Places film, Sardinia.
- 1974 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Herbie Rides Again to theaters in England.
- 1984 - Walt Disney Productions announces it will use the Touchstone Films name on some upcoming Disney releases.
- 1988 - Bhutan issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in winter Olympic events.
- 1988 - Maldives issues nine postage stamps depicting Disney characters and space exploration.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beaches for an Oscar Award in the category Art Direction - Set Decoration.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Art Direction - Set Decoration.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Cinematography.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Sound.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Film Editing.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Visual Effects.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit for an Oscar Award in the category Sound Effects Editing.
- 1994 - The Fox TV network airs the final Monty show.
- 1995 - The CBS TV Network airs the TV special Disney's Nancy Kerrigan Special: Dreams on Ice.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sixth Sense for an award for best picture.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sixth Sense for an award for supporting actor (Haley Joel Osment).
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sixth Sense for an award for supporting actress (Toni Collette).
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sixth Sense for an award for original screenplay.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sixth Sense for an award for editing.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Bicentennial Man for an award for makeup.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "When She Loved Me" from the film Toy Story 2 for an award for Best song.
- 2002 - Disney releases the animated film Return to Never Land to theaters in the USA.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A Chinese restaurant is called "Mickey Mao's", a reference to Mickey Mouse.
- 2005 - Hong Kong Disneyland begins taking reservations. The park cost US$1.8 billion.
- 1940 - Germany announces that all British merchant ships will be treated as warships.
- 1942 - On Singapore, 130,000 British, Indian, and Australian men surrender to 35,000 Japanese forces, the greatest mass capitulation in British history. Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita accepts surrender of Singapore from British Lieutenant General A.E. Percival.
- 1943 - The British government protests to the Swedish government regarding Sweden building fishing boats for the Germans to use as minesweepers.
- 1944 - (about 0945 hours) In Italy, about 230 Allied B-17 bombers based at Foggia drop 257 tons of 500 pound bombs and 59 tons of incendiaries on the monastery atop Monte Cassino.
- 1944 - (morning) The Japanese commander at Truk, Vice Admiral Siezo Kobayashi, concludes there is no imminent danger to the island, so he grounds reconnaissance planes, defuels planes, removes bombs and torpedoes, sends pilots to quarters on another island.
- 1944 - (evening) 891 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany. They drop 2645 tons of bombs, inflicting enormous damage. About 43 planes are shot down.
- 1945 - (morning) In Dresden, Germany, the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady) collapses from the extreme heat of the previous night's firestorm bombing.
- 1945 - 210 American B-17 bombers attack the marshalling yards at Dresden.
- 1945 - About 300 American B-17 bombers attack Kottbus, 20 miles from Dresden.
- 1992 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Java Sea.
- 1983 - Magnavox settles its television game patent infringement suit against Mattel Electronics and five other companies. Mattel will pay a settlement fee, and be licensed to continue producing and selling its systems.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. On a desert island, one character tells another to "draw up plans for a coconut radio and if possible a coconut Nintendo system".
- 2008 - At the Tokyo arcade expo in Chiba, Japan, Capcom shows the Street Fighter IV arcade game.
- 1763 - At the Château de Hubertsburg, the Treaty of Hubertsburg is signed between the King of Prussia and the Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Allies, including Sweden, sign on to the treaty in March.
- 1995 - A Royal proclamation specifies that the design of a set of 1995 $300, $150, $75, and $30 platinum coins depict lynx.
- 1995 - A Royal proclamation specifies that the design of a 1995 $200 gold coin depict tapping maple trees to make syrup.
- 2007 - The Desjardins Group of Quebec issues a twelve-page report entitled "Should we stop using the penny?". The report includes a survey of Canadian attitudes toward small coinage. 37% say they use the 1-cent piece for purchases; 50% use the 5-cent and 10-cent coins. The report recommends the government stop issuance of 1-cent coins, and remove them from circulation.
- 1897 - Birth of Earl H Blaik Detroit Michigan, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965).
- 1904 - Birth of Antonin Magne French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34).
- 1916 - New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500.
- 1921 - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs England, Australian Test Cricket record.
- 1929 - Birth of Graham Hill London England, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champion).
- 1930 - Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes.
- 1931 - Spring training site of New York Yankees in Saint Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager.
- 1932 - Third Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid New York.
- 1932 - Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inning in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time.
- 1932 - US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold).
- 1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold.
- 1939 - Birth of Ollie Ellefsäter Norway, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-1960).
- 1948 - Birth of Ron "The Penguin" Cey Tacoma Washington, third baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1949 - Birth of Ken Anderson NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1955 - Birth of Bev Francis Australia, world women's power-lifting champion.
- 1956 - Birth of Desmond Haynes cricket (West Indies opener-greatest batsman in one-day history).
- 1956 - Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham, Alabama, because of local ordinance barring blacks from playing against whites.
- 1958 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones Great Britain.
- 1958 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN.
- 1958 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA.
- 1958 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA.
- 1959 - Birth of Guy De Alwis cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lankan mid 80s).
- 1959 - Birth of Joe Hesketh US baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
- 1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Tournament.
- 1960 - Birth of Darrell Green NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins).
- 1960 - Birth of Jeanne Goldsmith Los Angeles California, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1987).
- 1961 - Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever.
- 1961 - Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash.
- 1961 - Marubel Vinaon Owen figure skater (Olympics-silver-1932), dies.
- 1963 - First US female world figure skating champion (Tenley Albright).
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Price NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic).
- 1964 - Ken Hubbs second baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22.
- 1965 - Birth of Craig Matthews cricket pace bowler (South African Test).
- 1966 - Birth of Melido Perez Dominican/US baseball pitcher (New York Yankees).
- 1966 - Birth of Petra Huber Austria, tennis star.
- 1966 - Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1969 - Birth of Brian Williams Lancaster South Carolina, pitcher (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros).
- 1969 - Birth of Edgar Bennett NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1970 - Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1970 - Birth of Nathaniel Mills Evanston Illinois, speed skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1970 - Birth of Tyrone Legette NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints).
- 1970 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1971 - Birth of Barbara Failey-Herbert South Africa, golfer (1989 winner South Africa Champion).
- 1971 - Birth of Jim Butler Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player (Olympics-1992, 96).
- 1971 - Birth of Tyrone Legette cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1972 - Birth of Jaromir Jagr Kladno Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing (Pittsburgh Penguins, Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Lance Scott NFL offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1973 - Birth of Amy Van Dyken 50 metre/100 metre freestyle/100 metre butterfly swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1996).
- 1973 - Friendsville Academy (Tennessee) ends 138-game basketball losing streak.
- 1974 - Birth of Erik Schulz Port Huron Michigan, pairs skater (and Ilana Goldfogel).
- 1974 - Birth of Tim Hall running back (Oakland Raiders).
- 1974 - Birth of Ugueth Urbina Caracas Venezuela, pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1975 - Birth of Robert Fuchs soccer player (PSV).
- 1976 - 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1976 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1978 - England all out 64 for first loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain).
- 1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 metre in 38.03 seconds.
- 1980 - Wayne Gretzky assists on NHL-record-tying 7 goals.
- 1981 - Jack Crapp cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies.
- 1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Denver Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throws.
- 1986 - 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons.
- 1987 - Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot.
- 1987 - Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03.92).
- 1987 - Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater.
- 1990 - American Major League Baseball owners lock out players.
- 1991 - Troy State sets NCAA Division II record with 103 points in second half routing DeVry Institute 187-117.
- 1995 - Dublin - Republic of Ireland vs England football match in Lansdowne Road abandoned due to violence and rioting.
- 1997 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski.
- 1997 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge.
- 1998 - Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship.
- 1998 - In Dayton Beach, Florida, Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 in his 20th try, after many unsuccessful attempts.
- 2006 - Jeff Weaver agrees to a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim worth $8,325,000.
- 2007 - Baseball commissioner office approves a one-year contract worth $15.8 million for Barry Bonds with the New York Ginats.
- 1967 - French Diadème 1-D satellite launches into Earth orbit.
- 1973 - USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km).
- 1985 - STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad.
- 1996 - A Long March 3 at the Xichang launch site in China crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing 500.
- 1552 - Dutch coast hit by heavy storm.
- 1994 - In Southern Sumatera, Indonesia, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. At least 207 people killed, more than 2,000 injured, 75,000 homeless and extensive damage from landslides, mudslides and fires in Lampung Province. Damage estimated to be about US$169 million.
Other history:
- 1965 - Canada replaces the Union Jack flag with the Maple Leaf.
- 1971 - After 1200 years Britain abandons the 12-shilling system for decimal currency.
- 1989 - Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends.
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