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Video Games
1990: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 2.8 million.
1991: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 8 million.
1992: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 10.5 million.
1993: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7.8 million.
1994: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7.5 million.
1995: Microsoft ships Microsoft Bob for Windows. Price is US$99. One of the helper characters is Java the dinosaur.
1995: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 5.5 million.
1996: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 4.1 million.
1997: The consumer software division of Pixar Animation Studios is dissolved.
1997: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7 million.
1997: Unit sales of Nintendo 64 game systems in North America to date: 2.5 million.
1998: Blizzard releases the StarCraft game for personal computers in the US.
1998: Shipments of personal computers in Japan during the past twelve months: 6.85 million.
1999: Processor unit shares in the PC market: Advanced Micro Devices 46.7%, Intel 42.2%, Cyrix 11%.
1999: Shipments of personal computers in Japan during the past twelve months: 7.53 million.
2001: Sega halts production of the Dreamcast system.
2001: Unit sales of the Super Mario 64 video game to date: 9.52 million.
2001: Unit sales of the GoldenEye 007 video game to date: 7.61 million.
2001: Unit sales of the Mario Kart 64 video game to date: 7.16 million.
2001: Unit sales of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time video game to date: 6.04 million.
2001: Unit sales of the Pokémon Stadium video game to date: 4.3 million.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is shown at a phone company.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A video commercial is a parody of the 1984 advertisement for the Apple Macintosh computer.
2002: Nintendo reports it has sold 3.8 million GameCube systems to date.
2002: Worldwide shipments of the Dreamcast system: about 10 million.
2003: Unit shipments of video game systems worldwide to date: PlayStation 2 51.2 million, Xbox 13 million, GameCube 9.4 million, Game Boy (all types) 120 million.
2003: Unit shipments of the Nintendo GameCube during the past twelve months: 5.6 million.
2003: Unit shipments of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance during the past twelve months: 15.7 million.
2007: Since April 2004, Microsoft has paid US$300 million in legal fees and $4 billion in litigation settlements.
2007: To date, Sony has shipped 5.5 million PlayStation 3 systems worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 117.89 million PlayStation 2 units worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 100 million PlayStation units worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 8.4 million PlayStation Portable units worldwide.
2007: To date, Nintendo has sold 23.6 million Nintendo DS units worldwide.
1991: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 8 million.
1992: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 10.5 million.
1993: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7.8 million.
1994: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7.5 million.
1995: Microsoft ships Microsoft Bob for Windows. Price is US$99. One of the helper characters is Java the dinosaur.
1995: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 5.5 million.
1996: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 4.1 million.
1997: The consumer software division of Pixar Animation Studios is dissolved.
1997: Unit sales of Nintendo Game Boy game systems over the past twelve months: about 7 million.
1997: Unit sales of Nintendo 64 game systems in North America to date: 2.5 million.
1998: Blizzard releases the StarCraft game for personal computers in the US.
1998: Shipments of personal computers in Japan during the past twelve months: 6.85 million.
1999: Processor unit shares in the PC market: Advanced Micro Devices 46.7%, Intel 42.2%, Cyrix 11%.
1999: Shipments of personal computers in Japan during the past twelve months: 7.53 million.
2001: Sega halts production of the Dreamcast system.
2001: Unit sales of the Super Mario 64 video game to date: 9.52 million.
2001: Unit sales of the GoldenEye 007 video game to date: 7.61 million.
2001: Unit sales of the Mario Kart 64 video game to date: 7.16 million.
2001: Unit sales of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time video game to date: 6.04 million.
2001: Unit sales of the Pokémon Stadium video game to date: 4.3 million.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is shown at a phone company.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A video commercial is a parody of the 1984 advertisement for the Apple Macintosh computer.
2002: Nintendo reports it has sold 3.8 million GameCube systems to date.
2002: Worldwide shipments of the Dreamcast system: about 10 million.
2003: Unit shipments of video game systems worldwide to date: PlayStation 2 51.2 million, Xbox 13 million, GameCube 9.4 million, Game Boy (all types) 120 million.
2003: Unit shipments of the Nintendo GameCube during the past twelve months: 5.6 million.
2003: Unit shipments of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance during the past twelve months: 15.7 million.
2007: Since April 2004, Microsoft has paid US$300 million in legal fees and $4 billion in litigation settlements.
2007: To date, Sony has shipped 5.5 million PlayStation 3 systems worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 117.89 million PlayStation 2 units worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 100 million PlayStation units worldwide.
2007: To date, Sony has sold 8.4 million PlayStation Portable units worldwide.
2007: To date, Nintendo has sold 23.6 million Nintendo DS units worldwide.
Movies
1985: ABC-TV celebrates the 200th episode of TV show The Love Boat, with 1000th guest star Lana Turner.
1986: Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry - Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at age 60.
1990: NBC-TV debuts the Carol and Company TV show, hosted by Carol Burnett.
1993: Brandon Lee, actor, son of martial artist Bruce Lee, dies at age 28 during the filming of The Crow when a dummy bullet tip and blank fired from a .44 magnum revolver fells him.
1997: ABC begins airing the Daytime to Remember TV series.
1997: Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at age 76.
1999: Warner Bros. releases the film The Matrix to theaters.
2006: Fox releases the film Ice Age: The Meltdown to theaters.
1986: Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry - Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at age 60.
1990: NBC-TV debuts the Carol and Company TV show, hosted by Carol Burnett.
1993: Brandon Lee, actor, son of martial artist Bruce Lee, dies at age 28 during the filming of The Crow when a dummy bullet tip and blank fired from a .44 magnum revolver fells him.
1997: ABC begins airing the Daytime to Remember TV series.
1997: Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at age 76.
1999: Warner Bros. releases the film The Matrix to theaters.
2006: Fox releases the film Ice Age: The Meltdown to theaters.
Music
1986: Death of O'Kelly Isley of heart attack at age 48; American singer (Isley Brothers).
1991: Musical Will Rogers Follies premieres in New York City, New York.
1991: John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies.
1995: In Corpus Christi, Texas, Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her own fan club.
1996: Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (The Gun Club, The Cramps), dies at age 37 (born 1958).
1991: Musical Will Rogers Follies premieres in New York City, New York.
1991: John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies.
1995: In Corpus Christi, Texas, Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her own fan club.
1996: Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (The Gun Club, The Cramps), dies at age 37 (born 1958).
Sports
1985: 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65.
1986: 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69.
1987: 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73.
1989: Auckland).
1990: Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20 km (57:18.4).
1991: 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67.
1991: 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
1991: Saint Louis Blues' Brett Hull scores his 86th goal.
1992: Delhi beats Tamil Nadu on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1994: Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens.
1995: First game at Coors Stadium, Colorado (replacement Colorado Rockies beat New York Yankees 4-1).
1995: Bombay beats Punjab on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1995: Federal judge orders injunction to end US baseball strike.
1995: Nabisco Dinah Shore).
1996: 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65.
1996: First baseball Opening Day in March takes place in Seattle.
1996: 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan.
1996: Karnataka defeats Tamil Nadu on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
1997: 59th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arizona beats Kentucky 84-79 (overtime).
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1998: Tampa Bay Devil Rays' first game; they host Detroit Tigers.
1998: , Vancouver Canucks).
1986: 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69.
1987: 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73.
1989: Auckland).
1990: Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20 km (57:18.4).
1991: 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67.
1991: 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
1991: Saint Louis Blues' Brett Hull scores his 86th goal.
1992: Delhi beats Tamil Nadu on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1994: Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens.
1995: First game at Coors Stadium, Colorado (replacement Colorado Rockies beat New York Yankees 4-1).
1995: Bombay beats Punjab on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1995: Federal judge orders injunction to end US baseball strike.
1995: Nabisco Dinah Shore).
1996: 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65.
1996: First baseball Opening Day in March takes place in Seattle.
1996: 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan.
1996: Karnataka defeats Tamil Nadu on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
1997: 59th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arizona beats Kentucky 84-79 (overtime).
1997: National).
1998: Tampa Bay Devil Rays' first game; they host Detroit Tigers.
1998: , Vancouver Canucks).
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