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Video Games
1985: In Chicago, Illinois, the International Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 70, as 16, 20, and 25 MHz 80386 systems.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 50 Z.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 25 LS.
1997: Intel announces the 233 MHz Pentium MMX processor. Price us US$594 in 1000-unit quantities.
1997: Compaq Computer introduces the TFT500 15.1-inch active-matrix flat-panel display, for US$3,799.
1997: Spring '97 COMDEX, Windows World '97, and Spring CES are held in Atlanta, Georgia, over four days.
2000: Sony announces it plans to sell the PlayStation 2 chipset to other manufacturers.
2009: Electronic Arts releases The Sims 3 game for personal computers in the USA.
2009: THQ releases the Red Faction: Guerrilla video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 70, as 16, 20, and 25 MHz 80386 systems.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 50 Z.
1988: IBM announces the PS/2 Model 25 LS.
1997: Intel announces the 233 MHz Pentium MMX processor. Price us US$594 in 1000-unit quantities.
1997: Compaq Computer introduces the TFT500 15.1-inch active-matrix flat-panel display, for US$3,799.
1997: Spring '97 COMDEX, Windows World '97, and Spring CES are held in Atlanta, Georgia, over four days.
2000: Sony announces it plans to sell the PlayStation 2 chipset to other manufacturers.
2009: Electronic Arts releases The Sims 3 game for personal computers in the USA.
2009: THQ releases the Red Faction: Guerrilla video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
Movies
1989: Buena Vista releases the film Dead Poets Society to theaters.
1990: Death of Rex Harrison at age 82 of pancreatic cancer; actor (My Fair Lady, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus).
1990: Death of Jack Gilford AKA Yankel Gellman at age 81 of stomach cancer; character actor (Cracker Jacks commercials (1960-1972), Soap TV show, The Duck Factory, Apple Pie, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, David Frost Revue).
1999: After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.
1999: The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine airs.
1990: Death of Rex Harrison at age 82 of pancreatic cancer; actor (My Fair Lady, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus).
1990: Death of Jack Gilford AKA Yankel Gellman at age 81 of stomach cancer; character actor (Cracker Jacks commercials (1960-1972), Soap TV show, The Duck Factory, Apple Pie, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, David Frost Revue).
1999: After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.
1999: The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine airs.
Music
1987: Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at age 77.
Sports
1985: Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA tournament.
1989: Cincinnati Reds player Eric Davis hits for the cycle.
1989: Cincinnati Reds player Eric Davis hits for the cycle.
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