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Video Games
1998: Microsoft receives a stay of the December 1997 court order, allowing Windows 98 to ship including Internet Explorer 4.
1999: Nintendo announces its next-generation console, code-named "Dolphin". It will use a 400MHz "Gekko" processor developed with IBM, based on the PowerPC processor.
2003: Before the E3 trade show, Microsoft announces Xbox plans, including a demo of Doom 3 and Halo 2.
2005: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video arcade is shown in a castle.
2005: In a televised special on the MTV network in the US, Microsoft reveals the Xbox 360 video game system.
1999: Nintendo announces its next-generation console, code-named "Dolphin". It will use a 400MHz "Gekko" processor developed with IBM, based on the PowerPC processor.
2003: Before the E3 trade show, Microsoft announces Xbox plans, including a demo of Doom 3 and Halo 2.
2005: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video arcade is shown in a castle.
2005: In a televised special on the MTV network in the US, Microsoft reveals the Xbox 360 video game system.
Movies
1987: NBC airs the final episode of Hill Street Blues TV show.
1989: Entertainment Tonight airs their 2,000th TV performance.
1992: Death of Robert Reed at age 59 due to complications from AIDS; actor (Mike Brady - The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Mannix, Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man).
1993: CBS airs the final episode of TV show Knots Landing.
1993: The final episode of the 6-year run of ABC's TV show Wonder Years is seen in the Netherlands.
1993: NBC airs the last broadcast of TV show Cheers.
1999: CBS airs the final episode of TV show The Nanny.
2002: FOX airs the 200th episode of TV show X-Files.
2002: Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
2007: The Walt Disney Company debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
1989: Entertainment Tonight airs their 2,000th TV performance.
1992: Death of Robert Reed at age 59 due to complications from AIDS; actor (Mike Brady - The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Mannix, Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man).
1993: CBS airs the final episode of TV show Knots Landing.
1993: The final episode of the 6-year run of ABC's TV show Wonder Years is seen in the Netherlands.
1993: NBC airs the last broadcast of TV show Cheers.
1999: CBS airs the final episode of TV show The Nanny.
2002: FOX airs the 200th episode of TV show X-Files.
2002: Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
2007: The Walt Disney Company debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
Music
1988: Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at age 59 (born 1929).
2002: Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
2002: Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
Sports
1985: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
1986: Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, at Big Sand Flat, California.
1988: , 1996).
1990: , 1992).
1991: Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
1992: , 1996).
1992: Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68.
1993: Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II.
1993: Doral-Ryder Open-61st).
1994: WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan.
1994: Oldsmobile Classic-3rd).
1994: Las Vegas-5th).
1994: Xenophon Balaskas, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 22 wickets), dies.
1995: Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
1995: Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
1996: 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
1996: New York Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8.
1996: World Cup).
1997: Anaheim Angels score 13 in 7th inning versus Chicago White Sox.
2004: At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
1986: Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, at Big Sand Flat, California.
1988: , 1996).
1990: , 1992).
1991: Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
1992: , 1996).
1992: Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68.
1993: Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II.
1993: Doral-Ryder Open-61st).
1994: WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan.
1994: Oldsmobile Classic-3rd).
1994: Las Vegas-5th).
1994: Xenophon Balaskas, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 22 wickets), dies.
1995: Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
1995: Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
1996: 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
1996: New York Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8.
1996: World Cup).
1997: Anaheim Angels score 13 in 7th inning versus Chicago White Sox.
2004: At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
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