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Video Games
1997: Sun Microsystems releases the Java development kit v1.1.
1997: Corel begins shipping WordPerfect Suite for DOS. It includes WordPerfect 6.2, Quattro Pro 5.6, and Presentations 2.1. Price is US$495; upgrade price is US$149.
2009: Servers for NCSoft's Tabula Rasa are shut down.
1997: Corel begins shipping WordPerfect Suite for DOS. It includes WordPerfect 6.2, Quattro Pro 5.6, and Presentations 2.1. Price is US$495; upgrade price is US$149.
2009: Servers for NCSoft's Tabula Rasa are shut down.
Movies
1993: Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at age 82.
1999: Death of Noam Pitlik at age 66 from lung cancer; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Ben Casey, Bob Newhart, Sanford and Son), producer (Barney Miller, 9 to 5).
2002: Death of Harvey Kirck of a heart attack at age 73; news anchor (CTV National News 1966-1984, Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2000).
1999: Death of Noam Pitlik at age 66 from lung cancer; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Ben Casey, Bob Newhart, Sanford and Son), producer (Barney Miller, 9 to 5).
2002: Death of Harvey Kirck of a heart attack at age 73; news anchor (CTV National News 1966-1984, Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2000).
Music
1995: John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at age 83.
1998: Robert Merrill, songwriter ("Funny Girl"), commits suicide at age 76.
1998: Robert Merrill, songwriter ("Funny Girl"), commits suicide at age 76.
Sports
1986: San Antonio Spurs' Alvin Robertson scores NBA second quadruple double-20 points, 11 rebounds, ten assists and ten steals against Phoenix Suns.
1989: Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am.
1990: Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament.
1991: Edmonton Oilers' goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse and shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0.
1993: Death of Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (suicide) (born 1960).
1994: Dan Jansen skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.43).
1994: Shreveport Pirates join Canadian Football League as fourth US team.
1995: Angela Kennedy swims world record 100 metre butterfly.
1995: Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1995: Warnecke swims world record 50 metre freestyle.
1996: Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya.
1996: Australian Open doubles).
1998: New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell.
1998: Death of Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), at age 77 (born 1917).
2001: NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed instantly in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 while his DEI cars driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt Junior, and Michael Waltrip, finish second and first, respectively.
2001: Death of Eddie Mathews, baseball player (born 1931).
2009: Meseret Defar of Ethiopia breaks the world indoor record in the women's 5,000-metres at the GE Gala meet in Stockholm, Sweden, covering the distance in a time of 14:24.37.
1989: Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am.
1990: Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament.
1991: Edmonton Oilers' goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse and shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0.
1993: Death of Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (suicide) (born 1960).
1994: Dan Jansen skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.43).
1994: Shreveport Pirates join Canadian Football League as fourth US team.
1995: Angela Kennedy swims world record 100 metre butterfly.
1995: Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1995: Warnecke swims world record 50 metre freestyle.
1996: Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya.
1996: Australian Open doubles).
1998: New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell.
1998: Death of Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), at age 77 (born 1917).
2001: NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed instantly in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 while his DEI cars driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt Junior, and Michael Waltrip, finish second and first, respectively.
2001: Death of Eddie Mathews, baseball player (born 1931).
2009: Meseret Defar of Ethiopia breaks the world indoor record in the women's 5,000-metres at the GE Gala meet in Stockholm, Sweden, covering the distance in a time of 14:24.37.
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