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Video Games
2001: Enix releases the Dragon Warrior III Remix video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
2002: ATI Technologies releases a new Radeon graphics chip.
2002: At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a new iMac computer with 17-inch flat panel display. Other features: 800 MHz PowerPC G4 with 256 kB L2 cache, 256 MB SDRAM, 80 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce4 MX with 32 MB VRAM, SuperDrive, speakers, 1440x900 graphics, 56 Kbps modem, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet. Price is US$1999.
2003: EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 2004 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube.
2007: EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
2007: Red Octane/Activision releases the Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the '80s video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
2002: ATI Technologies releases a new Radeon graphics chip.
2002: At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a new iMac computer with 17-inch flat panel display. Other features: 800 MHz PowerPC G4 with 256 kB L2 cache, 256 MB SDRAM, 80 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce4 MX with 32 MB VRAM, SuperDrive, speakers, 1440x900 graphics, 56 Kbps modem, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet. Price is US$1999.
2003: EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 2004 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube.
2007: EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
2007: Red Octane/Activision releases the Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the '80s video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
Movies
1990: Death of Bernard Cowan at age 68 from kidney disease; Canadian TV announcer (Front Page Challenge TV show, Wayne and Schuster TV show).
1998: Death of Hugh Reilly at age 82 of emphysema; actor (Paul Martin - Lassie TV show).
1998: Death of Hugh Reilly at age 82 of emphysema; actor (Paul Martin - Lassie TV show).
Music
1985: Birth of Tom Fletcher; British musician (McFly).
1998: Death of Marc Hunter at age 44 from throat cancer; lead singer (Dragon - "April Sun In Cuba", "Get That Jive", "Rain").
1998: Death of Marc Hunter at age 44 from throat cancer; lead singer (Dragon - "April Sun In Cuba", "Get That Jive", "Rain").
Sports
1987: New York Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
1988: Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49s).
1990: New York Yankees' player Deion Sanders hits an inside the park homer.
1990: The Minnesota Twins become the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game, against the Boston Red Sox.
1994: Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time score 0-0).
1995: Death of Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (born 1911).
1997: Daniel Komen breaks the two-mile world record, in a time of 7:58.61.
1988: Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49s).
1990: New York Yankees' player Deion Sanders hits an inside the park homer.
1990: The Minnesota Twins become the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game, against the Boston Red Sox.
1994: Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time score 0-0).
1995: Death of Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (born 1911).
1997: Daniel Komen breaks the two-mile world record, in a time of 7:58.61.
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