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Video Games
1996: Caldera International buys DR-DOS from Novell.
1996: Caldera files an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, seeking monetary damages resulting from Microsoft's MS-DOS licensing practices. The lawsuit also seeks a court order for Microsoft to end all per-processor license agreements on any operating system, and end pricing policies that make hardware vendors dependent exclusively on Microsoft.
2006: Advanced Micro Devices agrees to pay US$5.4 billion in cash and stock to acquire ATI Technologies of Canada.
2006: A Business Week magazine article on ethics shows a portion of a computer keyboard with "Cheat" in place of "Enter", and "Excuses" in place of "Shift".
2007: EA Sports releases the NASCAR 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
2007: Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
1996: Caldera files an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, seeking monetary damages resulting from Microsoft's MS-DOS licensing practices. The lawsuit also seeks a court order for Microsoft to end all per-processor license agreements on any operating system, and end pricing policies that make hardware vendors dependent exclusively on Microsoft.
2006: Advanced Micro Devices agrees to pay US$5.4 billion in cash and stock to acquire ATI Technologies of Canada.
2006: A Business Week magazine article on ethics shows a portion of a computer keyboard with "Cheat" in place of "Enter", and "Excuses" in place of "Shift".
2007: EA Sports releases the NASCAR 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
2007: Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
Movies
1985: Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Black Cauldron to theaters. It cost over US$40 million to make. It is the first Disney animated feature film to be given a "PG" rating. It also marks the studio's first use of computer-generated images in a feature film. It is the first film to use Animation Photo Transfer process. The film is based on The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander.
1987: Birth of Mara Wilson; actress (Melrose Place).
1998: DreamWorks releases the film Saving Private Ryan to theaters.
1998: Birth of Bindi Irwin; TV personality (Bindi: The Jungle Girl, Crocodile Hunter).
2003: Death of Al Eben at age 85; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
1987: Birth of Mara Wilson; actress (Melrose Place).
1998: DreamWorks releases the film Saving Private Ryan to theaters.
1998: Birth of Bindi Irwin; TV personality (Bindi: The Jungle Girl, Crocodile Hunter).
2003: Death of Al Eben at age 85; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
Music
Sports
1988: US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in second round of 1990 world soccer cup.
2005: Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement.
2005: Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement.
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