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Video Games
1996: Netscape Communications releases Netscape Navigator 3.0.
1997: Advanced Micro Devices announces it has ceased manufacturing the K5 processor.
1999: Apple Computer files a complaint against eMachines for copying the look of the iMac with the eOne computers.
2002: Sony releases the Clie PEG-SJ20 handheld computer. It features 16 MB RAM, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, backlit monochrome 320x320 pixel screen, Palm OS 4.1, and Memory Stick slot. Price is US$199.
1997: Advanced Micro Devices announces it has ceased manufacturing the K5 processor.
1999: Apple Computer files a complaint against eMachines for copying the look of the iMac with the eOne computers.
2002: Sony releases the Clie PEG-SJ20 handheld computer. It features 16 MB RAM, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, backlit monochrome 320x320 pixel screen, Palm OS 4.1, and Memory Stick slot. Price is US$199.
Movies
1986: Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at age 79.
1987: Death of Hayden Rorke at age 76 from multiple myeloma; actor (Dr. Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Adams and Eve).
1991: The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co..
1998: On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
1987: Death of Hayden Rorke at age 76 from multiple myeloma; actor (Dr. Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Adams and Eve).
1991: The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co..
1998: On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
Music
1990: Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Sports
1988: New York Rangers sign ex-Montreal Canadiens' great Guy Lafleur.
1990: New York Yankees' player Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat).
1990: New York Yankees' player Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat).
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