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June 21
Video Games
1995: Microsoft representatives meet with Netscape Communications representatives, requesting that Netscape not compete with Microsoft in areas of the Web browser market. Microsoft offers to invest in Netscape and receive a seat on the board of directors. Jim Clark refuses, and calls lawyer Gary Reback, who then contacts Joel Klein, lawyer in the antitrust division of the Department of Justice.
2000: Compaq Computer launches new Presario 5000 and 7000 desktop computers and Presario 1400 and 1700 portables, available in colored cases: smokey quartz, emerald green, ruby red, amber orange, sapphire blue, and amethyst purple.
2000: Sun Microsystems releases StarOffice 5.2 software suite for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. The package can be downloaded for free.
2000: Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer appears, used to find friends on the Internet.
2000: Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A video game system looking the Intellivision appears.
2004: OpenOffice.org releases version 1.1.2 of OpenOffice productivity software.
2004: Atari releases the Driver 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the USA.
2004: Nintendo begins releasing Game Boy Advance Video cartridges with up to 90 minutes of animated television shows. First cartridges are for 30 minute Pokemon shows.
2005: EA Games releases the Battlefield 2 game for personal computers in the US.
2005: THQ releases the Destroy All Humans video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2007: Tunisia issues a 600m postage stamp for the Carthage Investment Forum, depicting a personal computer.
2000: Compaq Computer launches new Presario 5000 and 7000 desktop computers and Presario 1400 and 1700 portables, available in colored cases: smokey quartz, emerald green, ruby red, amber orange, sapphire blue, and amethyst purple.
2000: Sun Microsystems releases StarOffice 5.2 software suite for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. The package can be downloaded for free.
2000: Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer appears, used to find friends on the Internet.
2000: Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A video game system looking the Intellivision appears.
2004: OpenOffice.org releases version 1.1.2 of OpenOffice productivity software.
2004: Atari releases the Driver 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the USA.
2004: Nintendo begins releasing Game Boy Advance Video cartridges with up to 90 minutes of animated television shows. First cartridges are for 30 minute Pokemon shows.
2005: EA Games releases the Battlefield 2 game for personal computers in the US.
2005: THQ releases the Destroy All Humans video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2007: Tunisia issues a 600m postage stamp for the Carthage Investment Forum, depicting a personal computer.
Movies
1996: Buena Vista releases the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame to theaters.
2001: Death of Carroll O'Connor of a heart attack at age 76; actor (Archie Bunker - All in the Family TV show, In the Heat of the Night TV show).
2009: Vancouver-based actress, director and writer Lorena Gale (The X Files, Battlestar Gallactica, Smallville, MANTIS, Neon Rider and The Outer Limits) dies from cancer at age 51.
2001: Death of Carroll O'Connor of a heart attack at age 76; actor (Archie Bunker - All in the Family TV show, In the Heat of the Night TV show).
2009: Vancouver-based actress, director and writer Lorena Gale (The X Files, Battlestar Gallactica, Smallville, MANTIS, Neon Rider and The Outer Limits) dies from cancer at age 51.
Music
1987: Birth of Kim Ryeowook; Korean singer (Super Junior).
1990: Little Richard receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1990: Death of June Christy in Los Angeles of kidney failure at age 64; jazz and big band singer (Stan Kenton Orchestra).
1997: Death of Arthur Prysock at age 74; Grammy-nominated rhythm-and-blues singer ("Teach Me Tonight").
1999: Death of Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (born 1973).
2001: Death of John Lee Hooker natural causes at 83; veteran bluesman ("I'm in the Mood", Grammy award 1990, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991).
2002: Death of Matt Dennis at age 88; singer/songwriter (Tommy Dorsey band - "Everything Happens to Me", "Let's Get Away from It All", "The Night We Called It a Day"), musical director for the Dick Haymes radio show.
1990: Little Richard receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1990: Death of June Christy in Los Angeles of kidney failure at age 64; jazz and big band singer (Stan Kenton Orchestra).
1997: Death of Arthur Prysock at age 74; Grammy-nominated rhythm-and-blues singer ("Teach Me Tonight").
1999: Death of Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (born 1973).
2001: Death of John Lee Hooker natural causes at 83; veteran bluesman ("I'm in the Mood", Grammy award 1990, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991).
2002: Death of Matt Dennis at age 88; singer/songwriter (Tommy Dorsey band - "Everything Happens to Me", "Let's Get Away from It All", "The Night We Called It a Day"), musical director for the Dick Haymes radio show.
Sports
1988: Los Angeles Lakers beats Detroit Pistons, for the NBA championship.
1991: New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
2009: Three-year-old colt "Eye of the Leopard" wins the 150th running of the Queen's Plate horse race in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2009: Peugeot finishes first and second in the Le Mans 24-hour car race.
2009: In Silverstone, Great Britain, round 8 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Sebastian Vettel.
2009: In Brno, Czech Republic, round 6 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Alex Zanardi; race 2 is won by Sergio Hernández.
1991: New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
2009: Three-year-old colt "Eye of the Leopard" wins the 150th running of the Queen's Plate horse race in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2009: Peugeot finishes first and second in the Le Mans 24-hour car race.
2009: In Silverstone, Great Britain, round 8 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Sebastian Vettel.
2009: In Brno, Czech Republic, round 6 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Alex Zanardi; race 2 is won by Sergio Hernández.
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