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Video Games
1991: Hudson releases the 1941 video game for the PC Engine in Japan.
1993: Nintendo and Silicon Graphics announce a collaboration on a new video game system, to use the 64-bit MIPS R4000 processor. The new system is code-named Project Reality.
1995: Quote by comedian Jay Leno about computers, at a rehersal for the Windows 95 launch: "I came illiterate, now I'm leaving virtually retarded.".
1999: Sony drops the price of the PlayStation in the USA from US$129 to US$99.
2000: Intel announces the XScale processor for future handheld computers, and demonstrates a processor running at 1 GHz.
2002: Apple Computer launches Mac OS X 10.2 operating system. New features include instant-messaging client iChat, and handwriting recognition technology Inkwell. Price is US$129 for single user, or US$199 for a five-user package. Code-name during development was Jaguar. For the first time since the original Macintosh launch in January 1984, the "Happy Mac" icon is not part of the start-up sequence. It has been replaced by a silver-gray Apple icon.
2002: Capcom releases the Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
2005: Nintendo releases the Advance Wars: Dual Strike video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
2005: Sierra releases The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
1993: Nintendo and Silicon Graphics announce a collaboration on a new video game system, to use the 64-bit MIPS R4000 processor. The new system is code-named Project Reality.
1995: Quote by comedian Jay Leno about computers, at a rehersal for the Windows 95 launch: "I came illiterate, now I'm leaving virtually retarded.".
1999: Sony drops the price of the PlayStation in the USA from US$129 to US$99.
2000: Intel announces the XScale processor for future handheld computers, and demonstrates a processor running at 1 GHz.
2002: Apple Computer launches Mac OS X 10.2 operating system. New features include instant-messaging client iChat, and handwriting recognition technology Inkwell. Price is US$129 for single user, or US$199 for a five-user package. Code-name during development was Jaguar. For the first time since the original Macintosh launch in January 1984, the "Happy Mac" icon is not part of the start-up sequence. It has been replaced by a silver-gray Apple icon.
2002: Capcom releases the Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
2005: Nintendo releases the Advance Wars: Dual Strike video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
2005: Sierra releases The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
Movies
1990: Death of David Rose at age 80; composer/orchestra leader, musical director for Red Skelton on radio and TV for 24 years.
1999: Death of Martha Rountree at age 87; journalist/producer (Meet the Press on radio and TV).
2000: Richard Hatch wins $1 million in season finale of US reality TV show Survivor.
2005: Death of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher at age 78 of pancreatic cancer; actor/singer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
1999: Death of Martha Rountree at age 87; journalist/producer (Meet the Press on radio and TV).
2000: Richard Hatch wins $1 million in season finale of US reality TV show Survivor.
2005: Death of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher at age 78 of pancreatic cancer; actor/singer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
Music
1990: Death of David Rose at age 80; composer/orchestra leader, musical director for Red Skelton on radio and TV for 24 years.
1993: Duran Duran gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2005: Death of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher at age 78 of pancreatic cancer; actor/singer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
2006: Death of Maynard Ferguson at age 78 of liver and kidney failure; jazz trumpeter/bandleader ("Gonna Fly Now").
1993: Duran Duran gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2005: Death of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher at age 78 of pancreatic cancer; actor/singer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
2006: Death of Maynard Ferguson at age 78 of liver and kidney failure; jazz trumpeter/bandleader ("Gonna Fly Now").
Sports
1985: Paul Hornung awarded US$1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1985: Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin, Germany.
1989: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings.
2009: Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second ever game-ending unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball, giving his team a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
2009: In Valencia, Spain, round 11 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Rubens Barrichello.
1985: Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin, Germany.
1989: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings.
2009: Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second ever game-ending unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball, giving his team a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
2009: In Valencia, Spain, round 11 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Rubens Barrichello.
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