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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
On February 5 in ...
- 1934 - The U.S. Patent Office grants a patent to the Ingersoll-Waterbury Clock Company, of Connecticut, for the first Mickey Mouse watch.
- 1935 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Tortoise and the Hare for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1945 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film How to Play Football for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1946 - The film The ABC of Hand Tools is delivered to General Motors Corp.
- 1953 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Peter Pan to theaters. It took three years and US$4 million to make. The film is adapted from the play by Sir James M. Barrie.
- 1953 - The True-Life Adventure film Bear Country is released to theaters.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Two Happy Amigos.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 15th "Texas John Slaughter" episode, A Holster Full of Law.
- 1964 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Misadventures of Merlin Jones to theaters. The film is based on a story by Bill Walsh.
- 1965 - Walt Disney sells his interests in WED Enterprises to Walt Disney Productions for US$60 million, and forms Retlaw to handle rights to his name and receipts from the Disneyland trains.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Gallegher Goes West: Trial by Terror.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring the two-hour movie The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance.
- 1982 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Night Crossing to theaters.
- 1983 - Columbia Pictures releases the film Blue Thunder to theaters in Germany. A car has a Disneyland parking sticker.
- 1986 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Journey of Natty Gann for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design.
- 1986 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Return to Oz for an Oscar Award in the category Visual Effects.
- 1990 - Euro Disneyland SA, the management company established at Disney to run the Paris theme park, holds its first meeting.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nomination of Beauty and the Beast for a Best Picture award. This is the first time in the history of the Motion Picture Academy that an animated feature has been nominated in this category.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Sound.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Score.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Beauty and the Beast" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Belle" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Be Our Guest" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film Recycle Rex for educational use in California.
- 1996 - The Disney Channel begins airing the series Spellbinder.
- 1999 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Rushmore to theaters in the US.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures computer animated feature film A Bug's Life to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Gun Shy to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - The Disney Channel Original Movie The Color of Friendship premieres.
- 2001 - The Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 2004 - The Comcast board of directors discusses a formal bid for the Walt Disney Company. An analysis of assets suggests a bid in the mid-US$20s per share.
Births on February 5
Deaths on February 5
- 2004 - John Hench dies, at age 95, in Burbank, California. Hench worked at Disney for 64 years, the longest of any Disney employee. He worked on animation, and took part in the creation of all Disney parks.
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