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Video Games
1986: IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using RISC-based technology from IBM's "801" project of the mid-70s. It is one of the first commercially-available 32-bit RISC-based computers. The base configuration has 1 MB RAM, a 1.2 MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for US$11,700.
1998: Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the US.
2000: Enix releases the Dragon Warrior Monsters video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
2003: U.S. District Judge J. Motz issues a preliminary injunction, ordering Microsoft to distribute Sun Microsystems' Java with Windows, and to cease distribution of its own implementation.
2003: At the LinuxWorld show in New York, SuSE announces the SuSE Linux Office Desktop software, for US$129. It is SuSE Linux 8.1 with CodeWeavers' CrossOver Win32 API, allowing many Windows applications to run.
2005: Columbia Pictures releases the film Are We There Yet? to theaters in the USA and Canada. The video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is played.
2009: Electronic Arts releases the Skate 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
1998: Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the US.
2000: Enix releases the Dragon Warrior Monsters video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
2003: U.S. District Judge J. Motz issues a preliminary injunction, ordering Microsoft to distribute Sun Microsystems' Java with Windows, and to cease distribution of its own implementation.
2003: At the LinuxWorld show in New York, SuSE announces the SuSE Linux Office Desktop software, for US$129. It is SuSE Linux 8.1 with CodeWeavers' CrossOver Win32 API, allowing many Windows applications to run.
2005: Columbia Pictures releases the film Are We There Yet? to theaters in the USA and Canada. The video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is played.
2009: Electronic Arts releases the Skate 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
Movies
1988: Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies.
1991: Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies.
1995: The last show of the TV series The Crusaders airs.
1998: Death of Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii Five-O) (born 1920).
1999: 2002)), voice actor (Life with Louie TV show (1994-1998)), writer (Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child).
2002: FOX airs the 100th episode of Ally McBeal TV show.
1991: Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies.
1995: The last show of the TV series The Crusaders airs.
1998: Death of Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii Five-O) (born 1920).
1999: 2002)), voice actor (Life with Louie TV show (1994-1998)), writer (Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child).
2002: FOX airs the 100th episode of Ally McBeal TV show.
Music
1985: Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema.
1997: Death of Irwin Jesse Levin at age 58 of kidney failure; songwriter ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree").
1999: Death of Charles Brown died at age 76 of congestive heart failure; rhythm and blues singer, pianist (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - "Drifting Blues" (1946)).
2005: Disk jockey Dave Plotkin sets a record for the world's longest continuous broadcast by a single jock, staying on the air for 110 hours. Plotkin broadcast from Rollins College's WPRK-FM in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
1997: Death of Irwin Jesse Levin at age 58 of kidney failure; songwriter ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree").
1999: Death of Charles Brown died at age 76 of congestive heart failure; rhythm and blues singer, pianist (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - "Drifting Blues" (1946)).
2005: Disk jockey Dave Plotkin sets a record for the world's longest continuous broadcast by a single jock, staying on the air for 110 hours. Plotkin broadcast from Rollins College's WPRK-FM in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
Sports
1985: Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals.
1986: 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana, USA.
1989: Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's second all time scorer.
1990: 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh.
1990: Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director.
1990: John McEnroe becomes the first ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum and swearing at an official.
1990: Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
1991: Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at age 87.
1993: Sun-Times Challenge).
1994: US Women's Open-4th).
1994: Western States mini-tour).
1995: USTA National Girls 18).
1996: Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament.
1996: US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo.
2005: Roger Clemens agrees to one-year, US$18 million deal with the Houston Astros, making Clemens the most expensive pitcher in major league history.
2005: Death of Don Poier, U.S. play-by-play man for the Memphis Grizzlies (born 1951).
2007: Yokozuna Asashoryu wins the Emperor's Cup at the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
1986: 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana, USA.
1989: Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's second all time scorer.
1990: 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh.
1990: Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director.
1990: John McEnroe becomes the first ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum and swearing at an official.
1990: Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
1991: Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at age 87.
1993: Sun-Times Challenge).
1994: US Women's Open-4th).
1994: Western States mini-tour).
1995: USTA National Girls 18).
1996: Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament.
1996: US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo.
2005: Roger Clemens agrees to one-year, US$18 million deal with the Houston Astros, making Clemens the most expensive pitcher in major league history.
2005: Death of Don Poier, U.S. play-by-play man for the Memphis Grizzlies (born 1951).
2007: Yokozuna Asashoryu wins the Emperor's Cup at the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
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