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What happened in history on this day: February 16?
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 16 in ...
- 1984 - IBM introduces the IBM Portable Personal Computer. It features 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor, 256 kB RAM, 9-inch amber monitor, 80x25 text, CGA graphics, 360 kB 5.25-inch drive, DOS 2.1. Price is US$2795. It weighs 30 pounds.
- 1995 - At the International Solid State Circuits Conference, Intel formally announces details of the design of the P6 processor.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. In the title scene, an Apple Computer Macintosh-style window makes a parody of the America Online software, calling it America Onlink, with a very slow loading of artwork for the show's family characters.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Cavalcade of Songs.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, part two.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Secret of Boyne Castle, part two.
- 1970 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film It's Tough To Be A Bird for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1981 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of Pluto.
- 1984 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mickey's Christmas Carol for an Oscar Award in the category Short Film, Animated.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, two films entitled The Last Electric Knight and Two and Onehalf Dads.
- 1991 - NBC airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Fanelli Boys.
- 1991 - The stage show Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double-Cross at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World gives its last performance.
- 1993 - Walt Disney Records releases the album For Our Children: The Concert.
- 1993 - The Disney Channel airs For Our Children: The Concert.
- 1994 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Winnie the Pooh: Playtime Volume 1 - Detective Tigger / Cowboy Pooh on laserdisc for US$30. It includes The Good, The Bad, and The Tigger, Tigger, Private eye, Rabbit Marks the Spot, The Masked Offender, Sham Pooh, Invasion of the Pooh Snatcher, Eeyore's Tail Tale.
- 2001 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Recess: School's Out to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The ABC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Music Man.
- 2004 - Diane Disney Miller sends a letter to the Disney board of directors, expressing her opposition to the Comcast deal. Miller also notes Michael Eisner's unwillingness to identify a successor, suggesting that he be replaced when his contract ends in 2006.
- 2004 - The Disney board unanimously rejects the Comcast deal.
- 1963 - At the Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Florida, the American Challenge Cup race is held. Mickey Thompson enters four 1963 Z06 Corvettes, two with newly developed Mark II big block 427-ci "Mystery Motor" engines.
- Finishing 2nd is the "Nicky Nouse", a lightened near-stock fuel-injected 1963 Sting Ray, driven by A.J. Foyt.
- Finishing 3rd is the 1963 427 ci ZO6 driven by Billy Krause. Rex White races the second 1963 427 ci Z06 Corvette but quits on Lap 38; Mickey Thompson continues until the suspension breaks.
- 1964 - At the Daytona International Speedway, the 2000 KM Daytona Continental race is held.
- Finishing 12th in GT +2000 class and 21st overall is the Sports Car Service #3 Corvette Sting Ray driven by Conrad Krause and Jack Moore.
- Finishing 13th in GT +2000 class and 22nd overall is the Nickey Chevrolet #9 Corvette Sting Ray driven by Skip Hudson and Jerry Grant.
- 1972 - General Motors donates the CERV I and CERV II research cars to the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum, in Costa Mesa, California.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A new model red Corvette convertible appears.
- 1940 - (2300-2400 hours) In Norwegian territorial waters off Jössing Fjord, British destroyer Cossack pulls alongside and boards the German supply ship Altmark, freeing 303 British prisoners. Two Norwegian torpedo boat captains protest, but do nothing.
- 1942 - British Bomber Command begins regular use of the Boston aircraft.
- 1943 - The British Air Ministry instructs Bomber Command to bomb Berlin, Germany, due to Russian successes at Stalingrad.
- 1944 - (morning) Forces of Admiral Raymond Spruance is Carrier Task Force 58 strike Truk, defeating island's defenders in one day.
- 1944 - German forces in Italy counterattack the Anzio front.
- 1944 - A German guided bomb hits SS Elihu Yale, sinking it.
- 1945 - Soviet forces surround Breslau, Germany.
- 1945 - North of Scotland, Canadian frigate St. John sinks German submarine U-309.
- 1945 - British bombers attack railways at Wesel, Germany, over four days.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Kharkov.
- 2006 - Guernsey issues a postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, depicting the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
- 1993 - In Japan, Fujitsu introduces the Marty model of the FM Towns line of computer/game system. Marty has no keyboard, and plugs into a television. Software is run from a CD-ROM drive. Price is about US$800.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A sit-down arcade game is played in a store, called Astro Blast.
- 1999 - The International Solid-State Circuits Conference is held in San Francisco, California. Toshiba and Sony Computer Entertainment announce specifications of a new processor. It has two integer pipelines, two vector math units, dedicated MPEG-2 decoding subsystem, 128-bit chip, 250 MHz operation, and 125 MHz bus to memory.
- 2000 - In Tokyo, Japan, Sega releases the Dreameye digital camera for the Dreamcast video game system.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A video game is played on a big-screen television.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. At a boring event, a child says "I didn't bring a Game Boy".
- 1962 - In Stockholm, the dockyard housing the Vasa warship opens to public.
- 1974 - The town of Falun in Dalecarlia hosts the World Championship Competitions on Skis, hosted by the Swedish Ski Association.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The side of a building is painted with an advertising mural, "ABSOLUT KRUSTY" with a bottle and green hair like the clown in the show. This is a reference to magazine advertisements for Absolut Vodka, by the V&S Absolut Spirits company of Sweden.
- 1965 - The A & W Root Beer Company is granted a registered trademark of a bull's-eye image with letters "A & W" at top for restaurant services.
- 1965 - The Finance Minister confirms in the House of Commons that production of 1965 mint sets will resume later in the year, and that all orders received will be filled.
- 1866 - Birth of William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player.
- 1886 - Birth of Andrew Ducat cricketer (Test for England 1921 (3 and 2) Soccer International).
- 1899 - Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs South Africa Johannesburg).
- 1900 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, three games to 1.
- 1904 - Birth of Ellis Achong cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests).
- 1912 - VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden.
- 1923 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 1923 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 1926 - Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France.
- 1931 - Birth of Gamini Goonesena cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts).
- 1933 - Archie Jackson cricketer (of TB, Australia bat too briefly average 47.4), dies.
- 1934 - Birth of Marlene Bauer Hagge Eureka South Dakota, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete of the Year).
- 1936 - 4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
- 1936 - Tommy Ward South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted.
- 1941 - Birth of Vitali Kuznetsov USSR, judo (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1945 - Billy Frank cricketer (Test South Africa vs England 1896, 5 and 2, 1-52), dies.
- 1946 - Birth of Aleksandr Shaparenko USSR, 1K kayak (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1950 - David Denton cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies.
- 1950 - Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1952 - Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pittsburgh Pirates retire his #33.
- 1952 - Ian Craig makes New South Wales cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (New South Wales record).
- 1953 - Birth of Andre Saint Lauren NHL player.
- 1953 - Birth of George Martin NFL defensive back (New York Giants).
- 1953 - Birth of Mike Ford New York City, New York, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Port Jefferson Open).
- 1954 - Birth of Michael Holding cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for West Indies).
- 1958 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 1958 - Birth of Herb Williams NBA center (Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks).
- 1958 - Birth of John Paul Morse Marshall Michigan, PGA golfer (1995 United Airlines).
- 1959 - Birth of John P McEnroe tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimbledon 1981, 83, 84).
- 1959 - Birth of Kelly Tripuka Glenn Ridge New Jersey, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz).
- 1962 - US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win.
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Price NBA guard (Cleveland Caveliers).
- 1966 - Birth of Eric Uptagrafft Spokane Washington, prone rifle (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK.
- 1967 - Birth of Robert Massey NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions).
- 1968 - Birth of Cecil Gray NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1968 - Birth of Erik Regtop Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen).
- 1969 - Birth of Claude Lambert Montréal Québec Canada, boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Fermin Cacho Barcelona Spain, 1500 metre (Olympics-2 gold-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Tim Costo US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1970 - Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis in five for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown.
- 1971 - Birth of Anthony Abrams NFL defensive tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1971 - Birth of Chi Kredell Long Beach California, water polo driver (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Larry Jones NFL running back (Washington Redskins).
- 1971 - Birth of Marco Sas Dutch soccer player (NAC).
- 1971 - Birth of Mike Hubbard Lynchburg Virginia, catcher (Chicago Cubs).
- 1972 - First NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games).
- 1972 - Birth of Jerome Bettis running back (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1972 - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe West Indies vs New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100.
- 1973 - Birth of Cathy Freeman Mackay Australia, 100 metre/200 metre/400 metre (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1973 - Birth of James Young Australian water polo player (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Pieter Van der Bijl cricketer (outstanding South African bat in 1938-39), dies.
- 1974 - Birth of Kathy McCormack ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 1975 - Birth of Casey Barrett Montréal Québec Canada, 200 metre Butterfly (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Marty Murray Deloraine, NHL center (Calgary Flames).
- 1975 - Washington Capitals first NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0.
- 1977 - Birth of Alexei Morozov NHL forward (Team Russia Olympics-silver-1998, Pittsburgh).
- 1977 - Birth of Trina Jackson 4X200 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1980 - Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29 (Olympics Record).
- 1984 - Bill Johnson becomes first American to win Olympics downhill skiing gold.
- 1984 - New Jersey Devils first overtime goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5.
- 1985 - Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons.
- 1985 - Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion.
- 1985 - New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick: 42 seconds.
- 1986 - Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater.
- 1986 - Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14).
- 1989 - Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox pitcher signs record US$7.5 million, three-year contract.
- 1991 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
- 1992 - Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform.
- 1993 - Sandra Völker swims world record 50 metre backstroke (28.33 seconds).
- 1994 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500 metre (1:51.29).
- 1996 - Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi.
- 1997 - At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history.
- 1997 - GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic.
- 1997 - Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open.
- 1997 - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship.
- 2001 - Death of Bob Buhl, baseball player (born 1928).
- 2002 - Death of Walter Winterbottom, English football manager (born 1913).
- 2005 - The National Hockey League cancels its 2004-2005 season, becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
- 2006 - Death of Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (born 1925).
- 374 - Ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1948 - Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for first time.
- 1961 - First all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island Virginia.
- 1961 - US satellite Explorer 9 is launched.
- 1965 - Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors.
Other history:
- 600 - Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze.
- 2005 - The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
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