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August 12
Video Games
1996: Microsoft releases Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Final Release, 32-bit version, for Windows 95.
1996: Gary Reback, lawyer for Netscape Communications, sends a letter to the Justice Department accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior in its pursuit of market share in web browser software.
1997: Intel files a lawsuit against Digital Equipment, alleging patent infringement on fourteen computer technologies.
2008: Electronic Arts releases the Madden NFL 09 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
1996: Gary Reback, lawyer for Netscape Communications, sends a letter to the Justice Department accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior in its pursuit of market share in web browser software.
1997: Intel files a lawsuit against Digital Equipment, alleging patent infringement on fourteen computer technologies.
2008: Electronic Arts releases the Madden NFL 09 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
Movies
1987: 1991), Donnie Brasco movie (1997), Six Days, Seven Nights movie (1998), Men in Trees TV show (2006-2008), Girl in Room 13 movie (2022)).
1993: Birth of Imani Hakim; actress (Everybody Hates Chris).
2000: Death of Loretta Young AKA Gretchen Michaela Young of ovarian cancer at age 87; actress (Letter to Loretta, The New Loretta Young Show).
2007: Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
1993: Birth of Imani Hakim; actress (Everybody Hates Chris).
2000: Death of Loretta Young AKA Gretchen Michaela Young of ovarian cancer at age 87; actress (Letter to Loretta, The New Loretta Young Show).
2007: Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
Music
1985: Death of Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer ("Sukiyaki"), killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (born 1941).
1995: Death of Marty Paich at age 70 of colon cancer; arranger, pianist, composer (Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé).
2007: Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
2009: Death of Les Paul at age 94 from complications of pneumonia in New York, USA; guitarist ("Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"). guitar designer (marketed by the Gibson company), built the first eight-track tape recorder, invented "sound-on-sound" recording or overdubbing, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (1978) and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (1988).
1995: Death of Marty Paich at age 70 of colon cancer; arranger, pianist, composer (Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé).
2007: Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
2009: Death of Les Paul at age 94 from complications of pneumonia in New York, USA; guitarist ("Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"). guitar designer (marketed by the Gibson company), built the first eight-track tape recorder, invented "sound-on-sound" recording or overdubbing, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (1978) and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (1988).
Sports
1985: Death of Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born 1951).
1986: Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
1986: Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single.
1988: Boston Red Sox set American League consecutive home victories at 23.
1994: Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually causing the cancellation of the World Series and delaying opening of the 1995 season.
2007: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.
2008: Michael Phelps wins Olympic gold in 200-metre freestyle swimming, becoming only the fifth person to win nine career Olympic gold medals. His win also set a new world record time of 1.42.96.
2008: Togo wins its first ever Olympic medal, bronze in the men's single kayak slalom won by Benjamin Boukpeti.
1986: Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
1986: Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single.
1988: Boston Red Sox set American League consecutive home victories at 23.
1994: Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually causing the cancellation of the World Series and delaying opening of the 1995 season.
2007: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.
2008: Michael Phelps wins Olympic gold in 200-metre freestyle swimming, becoming only the fifth person to win nine career Olympic gold medals. His win also set a new world record time of 1.42.96.
2008: Togo wins its first ever Olympic medal, bronze in the men's single kayak slalom won by Benjamin Boukpeti.
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