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Video Games
1985: Microsoft and IBM sign a joint-development agreement to work together on future operating systems and environments.
1986: IBM and Microsoft announce a Joint Development Agreement for operating system development. The agreement was signed in June.
1987: Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. This is the first NES game with a battery-powered save feature.
2000: Intel announces the 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, incorporating 42 million transistors.
2001: Nintendo announces it is delaying the release of the GameCube in North America from November 5 to November 18, to increase the quantity of systems available at launch from 500,000 to 700,000.
2005: Nintendo releases the Nintendogs: Lab & Friends video game for the Nintendo DS in the US and Canada. Also Dachshund & Friends, and Chihuahua & Friends.
2006: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 07 video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
1986: IBM and Microsoft announce a Joint Development Agreement for operating system development. The agreement was signed in June.
1987: Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. This is the first NES game with a battery-powered save feature.
2000: Intel announces the 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, incorporating 42 million transistors.
2001: Nintendo announces it is delaying the release of the GameCube in North America from November 5 to November 18, to increase the quantity of systems available at launch from 500,000 to 700,000.
2005: Nintendo releases the Nintendogs: Lab & Friends video game for the Nintendo DS in the US and Canada. Also Dachshund & Friends, and Chihuahua & Friends.
2006: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 07 video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
Movies
1988: NBC premieres Later with Bob Costas (first guest Linda Ellerbee).
1991: Death of Colleen Dewhurst of cervical cancer at age 67; actress (Between Two Women (Emmy Award 1986), Those She Left Behind (Emmy Award 1989), Murphy Brown (Emmy Award 1991), Maggie Geyser - The Blue and the Gray, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea), president of Actor's Equity (1985-1991).
2004: Death of Daniel Petrie at age 83 of cancer; TV and stage director/actor (50 years, won 8 Emmy awards, Joe and Mabel TV show, The Hidden Room TV show, Stud's Place TV show, Eleanor & Franklin TV show, The Dollmaker TV show, Studio 1 TV show).
1991: Death of Colleen Dewhurst of cervical cancer at age 67; actress (Between Two Women (Emmy Award 1986), Those She Left Behind (Emmy Award 1989), Murphy Brown (Emmy Award 1991), Maggie Geyser - The Blue and the Gray, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea), president of Actor's Equity (1985-1991).
2004: Death of Daniel Petrie at age 83 of cancer; TV and stage director/actor (50 years, won 8 Emmy awards, Joe and Mabel TV show, The Hidden Room TV show, Stud's Place TV show, Eleanor & Franklin TV show, The Dollmaker TV show, Studio 1 TV show).
Music
Sports
1988: US Open).
1989: Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter.
2007: The Texas Rangers score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post-1900) Major League Baseball record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
2008: Usain Bolt captures a third gold medal and a third world record at the Beijing Olympic Games, as Jamaica wins the men's 4x100m relay gold in world record of 37.10 seconds.
1989: Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter.
2007: The Texas Rangers score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post-1900) Major League Baseball record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
2008: Usain Bolt captures a third gold medal and a third world record at the Beijing Olympic Games, as Jamaica wins the men's 4x100m relay gold in world record of 37.10 seconds.
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