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November 16
Video Games
1992: Fall COMDEX is held in Las Vegas, Nevada, with about 2,000 company booths, and 145,000 people attending.
1992: At Fall COMDEX, Advanced Micro Devices demos its 50 MHz 486 chips.
1992: At Fall COMDEX, Trident announces the Storm graphics accelerator chips for ISA, MCA, or VL-Bus graphics cards. The chips support up to 2 MB of video memory, allowing resolutions up to 1280x1024. Prices will be about US$23-30 each in volume.
1992: At COMDEX, IBM demonstrates its "Blue Lightning" 486 processor, running at 100 MHz internally. It is like a 486SLC2 with 16 kB cache, 386DX-compatible 32-bit bus interface, and clock tripler.
1992: Microsoft ships Microsoft Access 1.0 database program for Windows. Price is US$99.
1998: At the Comdex trade show, Iomega announces the Zip 250 drive. It uses an external SCSI or parallel port connection, and can read and write both 100 MB and 250 MB cartridges. Transfer rate is up to 1.7 MBps. Price is US$199. Price for 250 MB cartridges is about US$17 each.
1998: Advanced Micro Devices releases the AMD K6-2 processor at speeds of 366, 380, and 400 MHz. Bus speeds are 66, 95, and 100 MHz respectively, and volume prices are US$187, US$213, and US$283.
1998: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Enemy of the State to theaters in the USA. A NEC Turbo Express portable video game system appears.
1999: Electronic Arts releases the 007: Tomorrow Never Dies video game for the PlayStation in the US.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When a character wins at roulette, he says "First thing tomorrow, we're getting a PlayStation 1".
2004: Atari releases the Atari Anthology video game collection for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It includes 85 classic Atari arcade and 2600 games: Asteroids, Centipede, Tempest, Missile Command, Breakout, Yars' Revenge.
2005: Cuba issues a postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
2005: Morocco issues a 6-dirham postage stamp for the World Summit on the Information Society meeting in Tunis, depicting a laptop computer.
2005: Koei releases the Dynasty Warriors 5 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
2008: Nintendo releases the Animal Crossing: City Folk video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA.
1992: At Fall COMDEX, Advanced Micro Devices demos its 50 MHz 486 chips.
1992: At Fall COMDEX, Trident announces the Storm graphics accelerator chips for ISA, MCA, or VL-Bus graphics cards. The chips support up to 2 MB of video memory, allowing resolutions up to 1280x1024. Prices will be about US$23-30 each in volume.
1992: At COMDEX, IBM demonstrates its "Blue Lightning" 486 processor, running at 100 MHz internally. It is like a 486SLC2 with 16 kB cache, 386DX-compatible 32-bit bus interface, and clock tripler.
1992: Microsoft ships Microsoft Access 1.0 database program for Windows. Price is US$99.
1998: At the Comdex trade show, Iomega announces the Zip 250 drive. It uses an external SCSI or parallel port connection, and can read and write both 100 MB and 250 MB cartridges. Transfer rate is up to 1.7 MBps. Price is US$199. Price for 250 MB cartridges is about US$17 each.
1998: Advanced Micro Devices releases the AMD K6-2 processor at speeds of 366, 380, and 400 MHz. Bus speeds are 66, 95, and 100 MHz respectively, and volume prices are US$187, US$213, and US$283.
1998: Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Enemy of the State to theaters in the USA. A NEC Turbo Express portable video game system appears.
1999: Electronic Arts releases the 007: Tomorrow Never Dies video game for the PlayStation in the US.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When a character wins at roulette, he says "First thing tomorrow, we're getting a PlayStation 1".
2004: Atari releases the Atari Anthology video game collection for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It includes 85 classic Atari arcade and 2600 games: Asteroids, Centipede, Tempest, Missile Command, Breakout, Yars' Revenge.
2005: Cuba issues a postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
2005: Morocco issues a 6-dirham postage stamp for the World Summit on the Information Society meeting in Tunis, depicting a laptop computer.
2005: Koei releases the Dynasty Warriors 5 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
2008: Nintendo releases the Animal Crossing: City Folk video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA.
Movies
1990: Fox releases the film Home Alone to theaters.
1991: The NBC TV network begins airing the Walter and Emily show.
1994: Death of Doris Speed at age 95; English actress (Annie Walker - Coronation Street TV show).
1997: FOX airs the 100th episode of TV show X-Files.
2001: Warner Bros. releases the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to theaters.
2005: Death of Ralph Edwards of congestive heart failure at age 92; announcer/host/producer (Truth or Consequences radio show, This Is Your Life TV show).
2008: Death of Reg Varney, British actor (Stan Butcher - On the Buses), at age 92.
1991: The NBC TV network begins airing the Walter and Emily show.
1994: Death of Doris Speed at age 95; English actress (Annie Walker - Coronation Street TV show).
1997: FOX airs the 100th episode of TV show X-Files.
2001: Warner Bros. releases the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to theaters.
2005: Death of Ralph Edwards of congestive heart failure at age 92; announcer/host/producer (Truth or Consequences radio show, This Is Your Life TV show).
2008: Death of Reg Varney, British actor (Stan Butcher - On the Buses), at age 92.
Music
Sports
1988: Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for US$125 million for libel.
1988: Olympics Gold, Bronze).
1997: The Toronto Argonauts win their second consecutive Canadian Football League title by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 47-23 to win the 85th Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.
2003: The Edmonton Eskimos win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time in a decade, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 34-22 in the 91st Grey Cup at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1988: Olympics Gold, Bronze).
1997: The Toronto Argonauts win their second consecutive Canadian Football League title by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 47-23 to win the 85th Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.
2003: The Edmonton Eskimos win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time in a decade, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 34-22 in the 91st Grey Cup at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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