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February 4
Video Games
1997: Apple Computer's acquisition of NeXT Software is complete. Total cost is $427 million.
1997: Apple Computer CEO Gilbert Amelio announces restructuring of the company to focus on the Mac OS and Macintosh hardware. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will join the executive committee as advisors to Amelio.
1999: Hitachi announces it will shut down its personal computer company in the United States, merging operations into Hitachi Data Systems.
2000: Electronic Arts releases The Sims game for the PC.
2001: Nintendo releases the Paper Mario video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
2002: Sega releases the Sonic Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2004: Sun Microsystems introduces StarOffice 7 for Solaris x86. Price is US$80 per license.
1997: Apple Computer CEO Gilbert Amelio announces restructuring of the company to focus on the Mac OS and Macintosh hardware. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will join the executive committee as advisors to Amelio.
1999: Hitachi announces it will shut down its personal computer company in the United States, merging operations into Hitachi Data Systems.
2000: Electronic Arts releases The Sims game for the PC.
2001: Nintendo releases the Paper Mario video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
2002: Sega releases the Sonic Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2004: Sun Microsystems introduces StarOffice 7 for Solaris x86. Price is US$80 per license.
Movies
1987: Death of Liberace AKA Wladziu Valentino Liberace at age 67 of AIDS-related conditions; pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman).
1991: Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako - Jaws of Death), dies at age 64.
1992: Death of John Dehner at age 76 of emphysema and diabetes; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show.
1994: 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
1994: Harold Schneider, US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at age 55.
1991: Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako - Jaws of Death), dies at age 64.
1992: Death of John Dehner at age 76 of emphysema and diabetes; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show.
1994: 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
1994: Harold Schneider, US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at age 55.
Music
1987: Death of Liberace AKA Wladziu Valentino Liberace at age 67 of AIDS-related conditions; pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman).
1989: Death of Kenneth "Jethro" Burns at age 69; country singer (Homer and Jethro).
1989: Death of Kenneth "Jethro" Burns at age 69; country singer (Homer and Jethro).
Sports
1986: 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (overtime) at Hartford, Connecticut.
1987: Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia's Kookaburra 3, bringing America's Cup yachting trophy back to USA.
1987: Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954.
1988: , 1994).
1989: Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.
1990: Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.81 seconds).
1990: Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45:04).
1990: Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
1990: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21.
1990: Pat Bradley win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
1990: Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar).
1990: The Saint Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship, 12-4.
1990: , NAC).
1991: Baseball Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
1991: Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand versus Sierra Leone, world record.
1992: Australian Amateur Champion).
1994: Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds).
1994: Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 metre indoor (8:18.71).
1995: Dean Jones completes 324 for Victoria versus South Australia.
1995: Zimbabwe's first Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning.
1995: Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62.
1996: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
1997: Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals.
1997: Ipswich Town football player Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour.
2004: The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal.
2005: The Chicago Cubs sign Aramis Ramirez to a US$8.95 million, one-year contract.
2007: The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
2008: Texas Tech University basketball coach Bob Knight resigns. He had coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men's college basketball coaches.
1987: Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia's Kookaburra 3, bringing America's Cup yachting trophy back to USA.
1987: Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954.
1988: , 1994).
1989: Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.
1990: Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.81 seconds).
1990: Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45:04).
1990: Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
1990: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21.
1990: Pat Bradley win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
1990: Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar).
1990: The Saint Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship, 12-4.
1990: , NAC).
1991: Baseball Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
1991: Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand versus Sierra Leone, world record.
1992: Australian Amateur Champion).
1994: Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds).
1994: Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 metre indoor (8:18.71).
1995: Dean Jones completes 324 for Victoria versus South Australia.
1995: Zimbabwe's first Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning.
1995: Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62.
1996: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
1997: Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals.
1997: Ipswich Town football player Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour.
2004: The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal.
2005: The Chicago Cubs sign Aramis Ramirez to a US$8.95 million, one-year contract.
2007: The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
2008: Texas Tech University basketball coach Bob Knight resigns. He had coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men's college basketball coaches.
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