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January 3

Video Games

2001: Intel releases the 800 MHz Celeron processor, with 100 MHz system bus. Price is US$170 in 1000-unit quantities.

2001: Intel releases the 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 processor.

2006: Intel announces it is dropping the 25-year old "Intel Inside" campaign and the 37-year old Intel logo with dropped "e". The new logo is lowercase "intel" in an oval, with tag line "Leap ahead".

Movies

1988: William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at age 82.

1989: The Arsenio Hall Show makes its debut on Fox.

1989: Birth of Alex D. Linz, American actor (Providence, The Young and the Restless).

1990: Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies.

1991: NBC TV begins airing the series Blossom.

1992: The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the series Pacific Station.

1992: Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (Playhouse 90, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Star Trek III, Laura, Rebecca, Santa Barbara), dies of pneumonia at age 93 (born 1897).

1993: The first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine airs on TV in the US.

1994: The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series The Good Life.

Music

1987: 14 artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Aretha Franklin and Bill Haley.

1992: Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at age 79.

Sports

1985: Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.

1990: Australian Junior Champion).

1991: Los Angeles Kings' Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal, against New York Islanders.

1992: Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129 versus India at Sydney.

1992: CGIA Canadian Tour).

1992: Ken Grieves, cricket player (New South Wales and Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies.

1994: 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Cleveland Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field.

1997: Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick versus England at Harare.

1997: Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series versus England 3-0.

1997: Pacific Coast Senior third).

2002: The University of Miami defeats Nebraska 37-14 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to win college football's national championship.

2003: The Ohio State University defeats the University of Miami in double-overtime in the Fiesta Bowl, 31-24, for the national Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title.

2005: The Angels of Anaheim baseball team in California announces the franchise will now be known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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