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Video Games
1988: Dell announces its first PC using IBM's Micro Channel bus.
1989: Quarterdeck Office Systems is granted a patent by the US Patent Office entitled "An Improved Display System and Memory Architecture and Method for Displaying Images in Windows on a Video Display". The technology allows multiple MS-DOS programs to run simultaneously in separate windows.
2002: Microsoft announces a price drop on the Xbox in the United Kingdom from 299 pounds to 199.99 pounds as of April 26.
2003: Intel halts the release of the 3 GHz Pentium 4 with 800 MHz bus, due to an anomoly.
2005: Adobe Systems announces a US$3.4 billion bid to acquire Macromedia.
2005: Intel releases the 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 840 processor, with dual cores, each with 1 MB level 2 cache. The processor incorporates 230 million transistors. Price is US$999 in 1000-unit quantities.
2006: Nintendo releases the Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
1989: Quarterdeck Office Systems is granted a patent by the US Patent Office entitled "An Improved Display System and Memory Architecture and Method for Displaying Images in Windows on a Video Display". The technology allows multiple MS-DOS programs to run simultaneously in separate windows.
2002: Microsoft announces a price drop on the Xbox in the United Kingdom from 299 pounds to 199.99 pounds as of April 26.
2003: Intel halts the release of the 3 GHz Pentium 4 with 800 MHz bus, due to an anomoly.
2005: Adobe Systems announces a US$3.4 billion bid to acquire Macromedia.
2005: Intel releases the 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 840 processor, with dual cores, each with 1 MB level 2 cache. The processor incorporates 230 million transistors. Price is US$999 in 1000-unit quantities.
2006: Nintendo releases the Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
Movies
1989: Birth of Alia Shawkat; actress (Arrested Development).
1990: Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at age 87.
1998: The Walt Disney Company launches the Toon Disney cable television network in the USA.
1990: Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at age 87.
1998: The Walt Disney Company launches the Toon Disney cable television network in the USA.
Music
1996: Death of Bernard Edwards at age 43, found dead in a hotel room in Tokyo, Japan; musician (Chic - "Le Freak" (1978), "Good Times" (1979)), record producer (Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Sister Sledge - "We Are Family").
2001: Death of Billy Mitchell at age 74; bebop tenor saxophonist (in bands of Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie).
2003: Soul singer Etta James receives her star (#2,223) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001: Death of Billy Mitchell at age 74; bebop tenor saxophonist (in bands of Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie).
2003: Soul singer Etta James receives her star (#2,223) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sports
1985: Florida Classic).
1987: Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.
1987: Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs. Robinson-Pittsburgh Pirates).
1987: Pat Knauff, France sets one-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph).
1988: 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30.
1988: 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43.
1990: Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in the WLAF.
1990: Greater Ozarks Open).
1991: John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136.
1991: A sellout crowd of 42,191 watch the Chicago White Sox play their first game at new Comiskey Park and sees the home team get crushed by the Detroit Tigers, 16-0.
1992: Start of South Africa's first Test Cricket since 1970 (versus West Indies Bridgetown).
1992: ShopRite).
1993: 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo.
1993: Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship.
1994: 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45.
1994: 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15.
1994: Brian Lara scores 375 for West Indies versus England to beat Sobers' world record.
1995: Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football.
1999: "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final National Hockey League game.
1987: Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.
1987: Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs. Robinson-Pittsburgh Pirates).
1987: Pat Knauff, France sets one-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph).
1988: 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30.
1988: 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43.
1990: Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in the WLAF.
1990: Greater Ozarks Open).
1991: John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136.
1991: A sellout crowd of 42,191 watch the Chicago White Sox play their first game at new Comiskey Park and sees the home team get crushed by the Detroit Tigers, 16-0.
1992: Start of South Africa's first Test Cricket since 1970 (versus West Indies Bridgetown).
1992: ShopRite).
1993: 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo.
1993: Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship.
1994: 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45.
1994: 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15.
1994: Brian Lara scores 375 for West Indies versus England to beat Sobers' world record.
1995: Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football.
1999: "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final National Hockey League game.
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