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Video Games
1998: Apple Computer begins shipping the iMac to retail outlets in the US. Price is US$1299.
2000: Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance IA-1. It features infrared keyboard, AMD K6-2 processor, 32 MB SDRAM, 16 MB flash memory, 56 kbps modem, 10.1-inch 800x600 resolution color display, Windows CE operating system, Price is US$599, or U$199 with a three-year MSN access contract.
2000: Michael Cowpland resigns as chairman and chief executive officer of Corel.
2003: Osborne releases the book Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic, by Brad King and John Borland. Price is US$24.95.
2000: Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance IA-1. It features infrared keyboard, AMD K6-2 processor, 32 MB SDRAM, 16 MB flash memory, 56 kbps modem, 10.1-inch 800x600 resolution color display, Windows CE operating system, Price is US$599, or U$199 with a three-year MSN access contract.
2000: Michael Cowpland resigns as chairman and chief executive officer of Corel.
2003: Osborne releases the book Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic, by Brad King and John Borland. Price is US$24.95.
Movies
2009: Death of Virginia McGhee at age 90 in Corona, California; at age 4, as Virginia Davis, played the role of Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies films in 1923.
Music
1989: Birth of Joe Jonas; American singer/songwriter (The Jonas Brothers).
Sports
1987: US beats Cuba in the Pan-Am baseball.
2004: Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
2007: NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.
2008: In Beijing, China, an Olympic Torch used in the relay to China sells for over US$42,000. A torch from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (first torch relay) sells for almost US$25,000.
2008: At the Beijing Olympics, American Michael Phelps won his sixth gold and his sixth world record in the 200 metres individual medley. American Ryan Lochte wins gold in the Olympic men's 200-metre backstroke in a world-record 1:53.94.
2004: Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
2007: NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.
2008: In Beijing, China, an Olympic Torch used in the relay to China sells for over US$42,000. A torch from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (first torch relay) sells for almost US$25,000.
2008: At the Beijing Olympics, American Michael Phelps won his sixth gold and his sixth world record in the 200 metres individual medley. American Ryan Lochte wins gold in the Olympic men's 200-metre backstroke in a world-record 1:53.94.
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