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Video Games
1995: The US Justice Department files a brief with a federal judge in New York, asserting that Microsoft's marketing and sales strategy for its on-line service may be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A flying saucer drops a tube to pick up a human; the tube takes a roundabout path much like the tube screen saver built into Windows.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A character says "Fry, what in Sega Genesis happened to you?".
2004: In Japan, the Fair Trade Commission issues a ruling that Microsoft violates the Anitmonopoly Act by the restrictions its Windows licensing agreements with computer makers.
2004: Namco releases the Tales of Symphonia video game for the GameCube in the US.
2004: Microsoft Game Studios releases the Sudeki video game for the Xbox in the US.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A flying saucer drops a tube to pick up a human; the tube takes a roundabout path much like the tube screen saver built into Windows.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A character says "Fry, what in Sega Genesis happened to you?".
2004: In Japan, the Fair Trade Commission issues a ruling that Microsoft violates the Anitmonopoly Act by the restrictions its Windows licensing agreements with computer makers.
2004: Namco releases the Tales of Symphonia video game for the GameCube in the US.
2004: Microsoft Game Studios releases the Sudeki video game for the Xbox in the US.
Movies
1990: Paramount releases the film Ghost to theaters.
2004: Ken Jennings crosses the $1 million mark in his 30-game winning streak on the TV show Jeapardy.
2006: Death of Red Buttons AKA Aaron Chwatt at age 87 of vascular disease; actor/comic (The Red Buttons Show TV show, The Double Life of Henry Phyfe TV show, Knots Landing TV show, Roseanne TV show, Street Time TV show, ER TV show).
2004: Ken Jennings crosses the $1 million mark in his 30-game winning streak on the TV show Jeapardy.
2006: Death of Red Buttons AKA Aaron Chwatt at age 87 of vascular disease; actor/comic (The Red Buttons Show TV show, The Double Life of Henry Phyfe TV show, Knots Landing TV show, Roseanne TV show, Street Time TV show, ER TV show).
Music
1985: Live Aid rock concert is staged in London, Philadelphia, Moscow, and Sydney. An estimated 1.5 billion television viewers in 169 countries watch 16 hours of performances by 180 pop musicians. Over US$110 million (£50 million) is raised for the Band Aid Trust, for African famine relief efforts.
1994: Death of Eddie Boyd in Helsinki, Finland at 80; blues musician ("Five Long Years" (1952)).
2003: Death of Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (born 1907).
1994: Death of Eddie Boyd in Helsinki, Finland at 80; blues musician ("Five Long Years" (1952)).
2003: Death of Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (born 1907).
Sports
2001: Beijing wins the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
2007: The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro.
2007: The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro.
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