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Video Games
1997: Microsoft announces it is ceasing development of Windows NT for systems using PowerPC processors.
1997: In San Francisco, California, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference is held. Intel previews a next-generation Pentium processor (code-named Deschutes) running at 433 MHz.
1997: Apple Computer completes its acquisition of Next Software, for a total cost of US$430 million.
2000: In Canada, Corel annouces the intent to purchase Inprise for US$1.1 billion in stock.
2000: At the International Solid State Circuits Conference, Advanced Micro Devices demonstrates an Athlon processor operating at 1.1 GHz. Intel demonstrates a prototype 1 GHz Pentium III processor.
2005: At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California, engineers from Sony, IBM, and Toshiba reveal specifications for the Cell processor. Sony will use the Cell in its next-generation PlayStation console. The Cell will have a 64-bit IBM Power processor and eight processing units capable of handling separate computing tasks. The processor is expected to run at speeds faster than 4GHz, process 256 billion calculations per second, incorporate 2.5 MB of on-chip memory and have the ability to transfer data to and from off-chip memory at speeds up to 100 gigabytes per second. The chip will incorporate 234 million transistors and be produced using advanced 90-nanometer chipmaking processes.
2006: Konami releases the Winning Eleven 9 video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox in the US.
1997: In San Francisco, California, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference is held. Intel previews a next-generation Pentium processor (code-named Deschutes) running at 433 MHz.
1997: Apple Computer completes its acquisition of Next Software, for a total cost of US$430 million.
2000: In Canada, Corel annouces the intent to purchase Inprise for US$1.1 billion in stock.
2000: At the International Solid State Circuits Conference, Advanced Micro Devices demonstrates an Athlon processor operating at 1.1 GHz. Intel demonstrates a prototype 1 GHz Pentium III processor.
2005: At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California, engineers from Sony, IBM, and Toshiba reveal specifications for the Cell processor. Sony will use the Cell in its next-generation PlayStation console. The Cell will have a 64-bit IBM Power processor and eight processing units capable of handling separate computing tasks. The processor is expected to run at speeds faster than 4GHz, process 256 billion calculations per second, incorporate 2.5 MB of on-chip memory and have the ability to transfer data to and from off-chip memory at speeds up to 100 gigabytes per second. The chip will incorporate 234 million transistors and be produced using advanced 90-nanometer chipmaking processes.
2006: Konami releases the Winning Eleven 9 video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox in the US.
Movies
1985: The 100th episode of US TV show Magnum, PI airs.
1985: Birth of [Alber]Tina Marie Majorino; actress (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman).
1986: Birth of Deanna Casaluce; Canadian actress (Degrassi).
1987: Death of A. Davidson Dunton at age 74; newspaperman, Chairman of the CBC's Board of Governors, President of Carleton University.
1988: FOX airs the first episode of TV show America's Most Wanted, hosted by John Walsh.
1991: Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 75.
1993: TV's Flintstones characters Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble get married
1999: Death of Bobby Troup at age 80 of a heart attack; jazz musician, actor (Emergency TV show).
2007: Death of Barbara McNair at age 72 from throat cancer; singer-actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital).
2009: James Whitmore, actor of movies (The Last Frontier, Oklahoma!, Planet of the Apes, The Shawshank Redemption, Battleground, Golden Globe award), television (The Law and Mr. Jones, Temperatures Rising, The Practice, Emmy award), and theater (Give 'em Hell, Harry, Command Decision, Tony award), dies at age 87 in Malibu, California, of lung cancer.
1985: Birth of [Alber]Tina Marie Majorino; actress (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman).
1986: Birth of Deanna Casaluce; Canadian actress (Degrassi).
1987: Death of A. Davidson Dunton at age 74; newspaperman, Chairman of the CBC's Board of Governors, President of Carleton University.
1988: FOX airs the first episode of TV show America's Most Wanted, hosted by John Walsh.
1991: Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 75.
1993: TV's Flintstones characters Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble get married
1999: Death of Bobby Troup at age 80 of a heart attack; jazz musician, actor (Emergency TV show).
2007: Death of Barbara McNair at age 72 from throat cancer; singer-actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital).
2009: James Whitmore, actor of movies (The Last Frontier, Oklahoma!, Planet of the Apes, The Shawshank Redemption, Battleground, Golden Globe award), television (The Law and Mr. Jones, Temperatures Rising, The Practice, Emmy award), and theater (Give 'em Hell, Harry, Command Decision, Tony award), dies at age 87 in Malibu, California, of lung cancer.
Music
1999: Death of Bobby Troup at age 80 of a heart attack; jazz musician, actor (Emergency TV show).
2007: Death of Barbara McNair at age 72 from throat cancer; singer-actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital).
2007: Death of Barbara McNair at age 72 from throat cancer; singer-actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital).
Sports
1985: New Jersey Devils' Don Lever becomes 57th NHL player to score 300 goals.
1985: Uday Merchant, cricket player (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies.
1986: US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas.
1987: US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
1987: For only the second time, a Major League Baseball player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration. Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for US$800,000 which is a twenty percent reduction.
1988: 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago, Illinois.
1988: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6.
1988: Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
1989: 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1990: Pretoria).
1991: Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin, and Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame.
1992: , 1996).
1993: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20.
1993: Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic.
1993: Futures-Singapore).
1993: Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at age 49 (born 1943).
1995: Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting.
1995: Hawaiian-20th).
1998: (to February 22) The XVIII Olympic Winter Games are held in Nagano, Japan.
1998: NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7.
2005: The Detroit Tigers sign right-fielder Magglio Ordonez for five-years for US$75 million.
2006: Venezuela's Caracas Lions wins its first Caribbean Series championship since 1989, defeating the Dominican Republic's Licey Tigers.
1985: Uday Merchant, cricket player (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies.
1986: US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas.
1987: US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
1987: For only the second time, a Major League Baseball player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration. Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for US$800,000 which is a twenty percent reduction.
1988: 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago, Illinois.
1988: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6.
1988: Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
1989: 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1990: Pretoria).
1991: Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin, and Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame.
1992: , 1996).
1993: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20.
1993: Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic.
1993: Futures-Singapore).
1993: Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at age 49 (born 1943).
1995: Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting.
1995: Hawaiian-20th).
1998: (to February 22) The XVIII Olympic Winter Games are held in Nagano, Japan.
1998: NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7.
2005: The Detroit Tigers sign right-fielder Magglio Ordonez for five-years for US$75 million.
2006: Venezuela's Caracas Lions wins its first Caribbean Series championship since 1989, defeating the Dominican Republic's Licey Tigers.
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