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Video Games
1995: Borland International unveils the Delphi software development tool.
1997: US Robotics begins shipping new 56 kbps modems.
1999: At the Intel Developer's Forum in Palm Springs, California, Intel demonstrates a Pentium III processor operating at 1002 MHz, the fastest standard desktop processor speed to date.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A cowboy's house includes a personal computer encased in leather.
2006: Codemasters releases the TOCA Race Driver 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2008: Electronic Arts makes a hostile bid of US$2 billion for Take-Two.
1997: US Robotics begins shipping new 56 kbps modems.
1999: At the Intel Developer's Forum in Palm Springs, California, Intel demonstrates a Pentium III processor operating at 1002 MHz, the fastest standard desktop processor speed to date.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A cowboy's house includes a personal computer encased in leather.
2006: Codemasters releases the TOCA Race Driver 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2008: Electronic Arts makes a hostile bid of US$2 billion for Take-Two.
Movies
1987: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.
1991: Death of George Gobel after heart surgery at age 71; comedian (George Gobel Show, Hollywood Squares).
1991: Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at age 74.
1991: Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914).
1993: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
1994: Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
1997: Death of Isabelle Harriet Lucas at age 69; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
1998: Death of Henny Youngman at age 92 from pneumonia; comedian (Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Tonight Show).
1999: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
2000: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
2004: Death of John Randolph at age 88; American actor (Angie, Roseanne).
2006: Death of Dennis Weaver at age 81 of complications from cancer in Ridgway, Colorado, USA; actor (Chester - Gunsmoke TV show, McCloud TV show, Emerald Point NAS TV show, Lonesome Dove: The Series TV show, Pearl, Centennial, Stone, Wildfire).
2007: Death of Bruce Bennett at age 97 of complications from a broken hip; actor (Perry Mason TV show, Science Fiction Theatre TV show, Virginian TV show, Tales of Wells Fargo TV show, Ford Television Theatre TV show).
2008: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Some Oscar trophy winners are:
1991: Death of George Gobel after heart surgery at age 71; comedian (George Gobel Show, Hollywood Squares).
1991: Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at age 74.
1991: Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914).
1993: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
1994: Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
1997: Death of Isabelle Harriet Lucas at age 69; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
1998: Death of Henny Youngman at age 92 from pneumonia; comedian (Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Tonight Show).
1999: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
2000: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
2004: Death of John Randolph at age 88; American actor (Angie, Roseanne).
2006: Death of Dennis Weaver at age 81 of complications from cancer in Ridgway, Colorado, USA; actor (Chester - Gunsmoke TV show, McCloud TV show, Emerald Point NAS TV show, Lonesome Dove: The Series TV show, Pearl, Centennial, Stone, Wildfire).
2007: Death of Bruce Bennett at age 97 of complications from a broken hip; actor (Perry Mason TV show, Science Fiction Theatre TV show, Virginian TV show, Tales of Wells Fargo TV show, Ford Television Theatre TV show).
2008: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Some Oscar trophy winners are:
Music
1987: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.
1988: Death of Peter Chatman AKA Memphis Slim at age 72 in Paris, France; blues pianist ("Every Day I Have the Blues").
1990: Death of Johnnie Ray of liver failure at age 63 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("Cry" (1951), "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
1991: Death of Webb Pierce at age 65 of heart failure and pancreatic cancer, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("In the Jailhouse Now" (1955), "Love, Love, Love", "I Don't Care", "Bye, Bye Love", Louisiana Hayride radio show, Grand Ole Opry, "There Stands the Glass" (1953)).
1993: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.
1994: Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
1997: Death of Isabelle Harriet Lucas at age 69; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
1998: Musician Elton John knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1999: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.
2000: Year Old Man In The Year 2000";
2000: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
1988: Death of Peter Chatman AKA Memphis Slim at age 72 in Paris, France; blues pianist ("Every Day I Have the Blues").
1990: Death of Johnnie Ray of liver failure at age 63 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("Cry" (1951), "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
1991: Death of Webb Pierce at age 65 of heart failure and pancreatic cancer, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("In the Jailhouse Now" (1955), "Love, Love, Love", "I Don't Care", "Bye, Bye Love", Louisiana Hayride radio show, Grand Ole Opry, "There Stands the Glass" (1953)).
1993: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.
1994: Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
1997: Death of Isabelle Harriet Lucas at age 69; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
1998: Musician Elton John knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1999: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.
2000: Year Old Man In The Year 2000";
2000: CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Sports
1985: Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson.
1985: Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards.
1985: , 1986, 1989, 1993) and team owner.
1987: Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point.
1988: Matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist.
1989: Harold E Ballard sells Canadian Football League team Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley.
1990: Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1990: Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure.
1991: End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) first draft.
1992: , 1996).
1993: Bobby Moore, English soccer team captain (World champions 1966), dies (born 1941).
1994: Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field).
1994: Youngstown-Warren-15th).
1996: Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1998: NHL resumes season since February 8th to accommodate the Olympics.
1985: Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards.
1985: , 1986, 1989, 1993) and team owner.
1987: Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point.
1988: Matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist.
1989: Harold E Ballard sells Canadian Football League team Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley.
1990: Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1990: Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure.
1991: End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) first draft.
1992: , 1996).
1993: Bobby Moore, English soccer team captain (World champions 1966), dies (born 1941).
1994: Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field).
1994: Youngstown-Warren-15th).
1996: Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1998: NHL resumes season since February 8th to accommodate the Olympics.
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