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Video Games
1987: In Japan, Enix releases the Dragon Quest II video game for the Famicom.
1993: IBM Chairman John Akers submits his resignation as chairman of the company.
1998: Intel releases the 333 MHz Pentium II processor with MMX instructions, with a 66 MHz bus. It incorporates 0.25 micron CMOS manufacturing process. It is packaged in a Single Edge Contact cartridge for the Slot 1 interface. It contains 512 kB of Level 2 cache, operating at 167 MHz. Code-name during development was Deschutes. Price is US$722 in 1000 chip quantities.
1999: Konami releases the Castlevania 64 video game for the Nintendo 64.
2004: The British Foreign Office announces that Microsoft's Bill Gates has been selected to receive an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. Gates will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Gates was selected because of the impact on the British economy brought on by the transformation of business practices due to Microsoft technology.
2004: Romania issues four postage stamps depicting a CD-ROM, diskette, laptop computer, and on screen is a user at a desktop computer.
1993: IBM Chairman John Akers submits his resignation as chairman of the company.
1998: Intel releases the 333 MHz Pentium II processor with MMX instructions, with a 66 MHz bus. It incorporates 0.25 micron CMOS manufacturing process. It is packaged in a Single Edge Contact cartridge for the Slot 1 interface. It contains 512 kB of Level 2 cache, operating at 167 MHz. Code-name during development was Deschutes. Price is US$722 in 1000 chip quantities.
1999: Konami releases the Castlevania 64 video game for the Nintendo 64.
2004: The British Foreign Office announces that Microsoft's Bill Gates has been selected to receive an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. Gates will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Gates was selected because of the impact on the British economy brought on by the transformation of business practices due to Microsoft technology.
2004: Romania issues four postage stamps depicting a CD-ROM, diskette, laptop computer, and on screen is a user at a desktop computer.
Movies
1992: Death of Jose Ferrer at age 80 of colon cancer; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, George Washington, The Rhinemann Exchange, The French Atlantic Affair, Young Harry Houdini, Blood Feud, Newhart, Your Show of Shows).
1994: TNT begins airing TV show Babylon 5.
1994: TNT begins airing TV show Babylon 5.
Music
1986: Birth of Matt Heafy; American lead vocalist (Trivium).
1998: Death of S.P. Leary at the age of 67 of complications from cancer; blues drummer (with T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, Lowell Fulson, Otis Spann, James Cotton).
1998: Death of S.P. Leary at the age of 67 of complications from cancer; blues drummer (with T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, Lowell Fulson, Otis Spann, James Cotton).
Sports
1986: Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ.
1986: Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Richard Dent, Defensive End.
1986: Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
1987: ), The Great One.
1989: Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
1989: Madison Square Gardens sports arena in New York announces two-year US$100 million renovation plan.
1989: Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia versus West Indies, Sydney.
1989: Birth of Emily Hughes, American figure skater.
1990: Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant general manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office).
1991: 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (5-7, 6-3, 6-1).
1991: Houston Rockets' guard Vernon Maxwell is fourth NBA player to score 30 points in a quarter.
1991: Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame.
1992: 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2).
1992: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI football at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1993: West Indies defeats Australia by one run in fourth Test at Adelaide.
1993: Buick-second).
1994: doubles USTA Bakersfield).
1995: Oldsmobile-5th).
1995: Futures-Canberra Australia).
1995: Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at age 79.
1996: Death of David Schultz, shot by US millionaire John Du Pont at Foxcatcher estate in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, USA; wrestler (Olympics-Gold-1984).
1997: 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (6-2, 6-3, 6-3).
1997: Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant.
1997: The Green Bay Packers win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1967, defeating the New England Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2003: Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders 48-21.
2007: Death of Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player (born 1929).
2009: Kansas City Royals' pitcher Zack Greinke agrees to a four-year contract worth US$38 million.
1986: Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Richard Dent, Defensive End.
1986: Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
1987: ), The Great One.
1989: Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
1989: Madison Square Gardens sports arena in New York announces two-year US$100 million renovation plan.
1989: Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia versus West Indies, Sydney.
1989: Birth of Emily Hughes, American figure skater.
1990: Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant general manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office).
1991: 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (5-7, 6-3, 6-1).
1991: Houston Rockets' guard Vernon Maxwell is fourth NBA player to score 30 points in a quarter.
1991: Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame.
1992: 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2).
1992: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI football at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1993: West Indies defeats Australia by one run in fourth Test at Adelaide.
1993: Buick-second).
1994: doubles USTA Bakersfield).
1995: Oldsmobile-5th).
1995: Futures-Canberra Australia).
1995: Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at age 79.
1996: Death of David Schultz, shot by US millionaire John Du Pont at Foxcatcher estate in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, USA; wrestler (Olympics-Gold-1984).
1997: 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (6-2, 6-3, 6-3).
1997: Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant.
1997: The Green Bay Packers win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1967, defeating the New England Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2003: Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders 48-21.
2007: Death of Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player (born 1929).
2009: Kansas City Royals' pitcher Zack Greinke agrees to a four-year contract worth US$38 million.
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