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Video Games
1992: US President George Bush presents Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates with the National Medal of Technology.
1992: Data West releases the Rayxanber III video game for the PC Engine in Japan.
1996: id Software releases the Quake game for personal computers in the USA.
1999: Lotus Development releases SmartSuite Millenium Edition Release 9.5. Standard price is US$399, upgrade price is US$149.
1999: Sony CEA releases the Ape Escape video game for the PlayStation in the US.
2000: Microsoft unveils plans for implementing its ".Net" technology platform.
2001: Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance in the United Kingdom.
2004: Capcom releases the Mega Man Anniversary Collection video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2 in the US.
2005: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Herbie Fully Loaded to theaters in the US. A computer and MultiSync LCD monitor appear. An HP laptop computer appears.
2005: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Herbie Fully Loaded to theaters in the US. A newspaper shows a car playing a video game in an arcade.
2006: Columbia Pictures releases the film Click to theaters in Australia and Puerto Rico. Two arcade games appear, Out Run and Donkey Kong.
1992: Data West releases the Rayxanber III video game for the PC Engine in Japan.
1996: id Software releases the Quake game for personal computers in the USA.
1999: Lotus Development releases SmartSuite Millenium Edition Release 9.5. Standard price is US$399, upgrade price is US$149.
1999: Sony CEA releases the Ape Escape video game for the PlayStation in the US.
2000: Microsoft unveils plans for implementing its ".Net" technology platform.
2001: Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance in the United Kingdom.
2004: Capcom releases the Mega Man Anniversary Collection video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2 in the US.
2005: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Herbie Fully Loaded to theaters in the US. A computer and MultiSync LCD monitor appear. An HP laptop computer appears.
2005: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Herbie Fully Loaded to theaters in the US. A newspaper shows a car playing a video game in an arcade.
2006: Columbia Pictures releases the film Click to theaters in Australia and Puerto Rico. Two arcade games appear, Out Run and Donkey Kong.
Movies
1985: Birth of Lindsay Ridgeway; actress (Boy Meets World).
1987: Death of Fred Astaire at age 88 at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer, dancer ("Night and Day", "Cheek to Cheek", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Liar's Song").
1988: Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show).
1991: Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at age 56.
2001: The final episode of US TV show Xena: Warrior Princess airs.
2008: Death of Dody Goodman at age 92; actress and TV personality (Jack Paar Tonight Show TV show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman TV show, Different Strokes TV show).
2008: Death of George Carlin at age 71 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian, author, actor (PBS children's TV shows, 14 HBO stand-up specials).
1987: Death of Fred Astaire at age 88 at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer, dancer ("Night and Day", "Cheek to Cheek", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Liar's Song").
1988: Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show).
1991: Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at age 56.
2001: The final episode of US TV show Xena: Warrior Princess airs.
2008: Death of Dody Goodman at age 92; actress and TV personality (Jack Paar Tonight Show TV show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman TV show, Different Strokes TV show).
2008: Death of George Carlin at age 71 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian, author, actor (PBS children's TV shows, 14 HBO stand-up specials).
Music
1987: Death of Fred Astaire at age 88 at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer, dancer ("Night and Day", "Cheek to Cheek", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Liar's Song").
1988: Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show).
1990: Death of Corinthian (Kripp) Johnson at age 57 of cancer in Pontiac, Michigan, USA; musician (Dell-Vikings - "Come Go With Me" (1957), "Whispering Bells" (1957)).
1988: Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show).
1990: Death of Corinthian (Kripp) Johnson at age 57 of cancer in Pontiac, Michigan, USA; musician (Dell-Vikings - "Come Go With Me" (1957), "Whispering Bells" (1957)).
Sports
1987: Tom Seaver retires after third try with New York Mets.
1990: Longest game in Toronto, New York Yankees beat Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 innings.
1992: Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched.
2000: th career strikeout.
2002: Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of a heart attack in his Chicago hotel room.
1990: Longest game in Toronto, New York Yankees beat Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 innings.
1992: Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched.
2000: th career strikeout.
2002: Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of a heart attack in his Chicago hotel room.
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