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Video Games
1992: Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game Version 1.0 to arcades in the US.
1995: (2:30 PM New York) Shares of Netscape Communications are first made available to the public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Before trading, shares are priced at US$28. The stock opens at US$71, reaching a high of US$74.75. The market value of the company becomes US$2.2 billion. This is the best opening day for a stock in Wall Street history for an issue of its size.
1997: At the end of pre-release beta testing of Ultima Online, Ali Shahrooz as online persona Rainz casts a firefield spell near Richard Garriott's persona Lord British. Garriott, believing his Lord British to be immortal, steps into the fire and dies, as he had failed to switch on his immortality.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Athlon processor, formerly code-named K7. The processor features Enhanced 3DNow! technology. Speeds and prices are 650 MHz (US$849), 600 MHz (US$615), 550 MHz (US$449), 500 MHz (US$249).
1999: Sega of America announces it is beginning a US$100 million marketing campaign to promote the Dreamcast video game system, with television advertising showing the system.
2003: Sony releases the Clie PEG-UX50 handheld computer in Japan.
2004: Sharp Systems of America introduces the LL-151-3D 15-inch LCD TFT display, using a parallax barrier to provide 3D images without the use of special glasses. Price is US$1499.
2004: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 2005 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube in the US.
2005: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
2009: Electronic Arts releases The Beatles: Rock Band video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
1995: (2:30 PM New York) Shares of Netscape Communications are first made available to the public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Before trading, shares are priced at US$28. The stock opens at US$71, reaching a high of US$74.75. The market value of the company becomes US$2.2 billion. This is the best opening day for a stock in Wall Street history for an issue of its size.
1997: At the end of pre-release beta testing of Ultima Online, Ali Shahrooz as online persona Rainz casts a firefield spell near Richard Garriott's persona Lord British. Garriott, believing his Lord British to be immortal, steps into the fire and dies, as he had failed to switch on his immortality.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Athlon processor, formerly code-named K7. The processor features Enhanced 3DNow! technology. Speeds and prices are 650 MHz (US$849), 600 MHz (US$615), 550 MHz (US$449), 500 MHz (US$249).
1999: Sega of America announces it is beginning a US$100 million marketing campaign to promote the Dreamcast video game system, with television advertising showing the system.
2003: Sony releases the Clie PEG-UX50 handheld computer in Japan.
2004: Sharp Systems of America introduces the LL-151-3D 15-inch LCD TFT display, using a parallax barrier to provide 3D images without the use of special glasses. Price is US$1499.
2004: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 2005 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube in the US.
2005: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
2009: Electronic Arts releases The Beatles: Rock Band video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
Movies
1989: Death of Kathleen Maguire at age 63; actress (One Life to Live).
2002: Death of Peter Matz of lung cancer at age 73; orchestra leader, musical director (Carol Burnett Show TV show, Hullabaloo).
2004: Disney's Donald Duck cartoon character receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
2004: Death of Tony Mottola at age 86 after a stroke and double pneumonia; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show).
2008: American actor/comedian Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Transformers) dies in a Chicago hospital from complications due to pneumonia, at age 50.
2002: Death of Peter Matz of lung cancer at age 73; orchestra leader, musical director (Carol Burnett Show TV show, Hullabaloo).
2004: Disney's Donald Duck cartoon character receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
2004: Death of Tony Mottola at age 86 after a stroke and double pneumonia; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show).
2008: American actor/comedian Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Transformers) dies in a Chicago hospital from complications due to pneumonia, at age 50.
Music
1995: Death of Jerry Garcia at age 53 of diabetes complications; musician/songwriter (Grateful Dead, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Warlocks).
2002: Death of Peter Matz of lung cancer at age 73; orchestra leader, musical director (Carol Burnett Show TV show, Hullabaloo).
2004: Death of Tony Mottola at age 86 after a stroke and double pneumonia; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show).
2002: Death of Peter Matz of lung cancer at age 73; orchestra leader, musical director (Carol Burnett Show TV show, Hullabaloo).
2004: Death of Tony Mottola at age 86 after a stroke and double pneumonia; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show).
Sports
1987: Los Angeles Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo).
1988: Chicago Cubs beat New York Mets 6-4 in their first official night game at Wrigley Field.
1988: Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings for $15-$20 million.
1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad close in Barcelona, Spain.
2004: British football player Lee Hughes, 28, is sentenced to six years in prison and banned from driving for ten years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Hughes also has his contract terminated by his employer West Bromwich Albion.
2005: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the USA.
1988: Chicago Cubs beat New York Mets 6-4 in their first official night game at Wrigley Field.
1988: Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings for $15-$20 million.
1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad close in Barcelona, Spain.
2004: British football player Lee Hughes, 28, is sentenced to six years in prison and banned from driving for ten years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Hughes also has his contract terminated by his employer West Bromwich Albion.
2005: EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the USA.
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