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November 25
Video Games
1996: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reverses the August 1994 decision in favor of Alpex Computer versus Nintendo, over patent infringement of video game technology. The court rules that Alpex's bit-mapped memory system is different from Nintendo's system.
1997: Toshiba announces it is discontinuing the Infinia line and pulling out of the consumer desktop PC market.
1997: Sega announces that The Sega Channel for the Genesis will be shut down. 20 million homes had access but only 150,000 subscribed to the service.
2007: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears, to be used to set off dynamite by its defective battery. The "Clippy" helper icon from Microsoft Office appears.
2007: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A video game controller and a steering wheel controller appear.
2008: Square Enix releases the Chrono Trigger video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
1997: Toshiba announces it is discontinuing the Infinia line and pulling out of the consumer desktop PC market.
1997: Sega announces that The Sega Channel for the Genesis will be shut down. 20 million homes had access but only 150,000 subscribed to the service.
2007: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears, to be used to set off dynamite by its defective battery. The "Clippy" helper icon from Microsoft Office appears.
2007: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A video game controller and a steering wheel controller appear.
2008: Square Enix releases the Chrono Trigger video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
Movies
1987: Buena Vista releases the film Three Men and a Baby to theaters.
1991: Death of Eleanor Audley at 86 of respiratory failure; actress (voice of stepmother in Disney's Cinderella, voice of an evil fairy in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, mother on TV's Green Acres).
1992: Warner Bros. releases the film The Bodyguard to theaters.
1997: Death of Ralph Edwards at age 84 of congestive heart failure; producer/host (This is Your Life TV show, Truth or Consequences radio show, The People's Court).
1998: The final episode of US TV show Babylon 5 airs.
1998: The first episode of TV cartoon show Powerpuff Girls is broadcast.
1998: Death of Clerow Wilson AKA Flip Wilson at age 64 from liver cancer; actor/comedian (Flip Wilson Show TV show (Emmy award), Laugh In TV show, Tonight Show TV show, Charlie and Company TV show, host - People Are Funny (1984)).
1991: Death of Eleanor Audley at 86 of respiratory failure; actress (voice of stepmother in Disney's Cinderella, voice of an evil fairy in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, mother on TV's Green Acres).
1992: Warner Bros. releases the film The Bodyguard to theaters.
1997: Death of Ralph Edwards at age 84 of congestive heart failure; producer/host (This is Your Life TV show, Truth or Consequences radio show, The People's Court).
1998: The final episode of US TV show Babylon 5 airs.
1998: The first episode of TV cartoon show Powerpuff Girls is broadcast.
1998: Death of Clerow Wilson AKA Flip Wilson at age 64 from liver cancer; actor/comedian (Flip Wilson Show TV show (Emmy award), Laugh In TV show, Tonight Show TV show, Charlie and Company TV show, host - People Are Funny (1984)).
Music
2007: Death of Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (born 1955).
Sports
1990: NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their first 10 games both lose, Philadelphia Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and Los Angeles Rams beat 49ers 28-17.
1990: Bill Vukovich, Indianapolis 500 driver, dies in crash at age 27.
2001: The Calgary Stampeders win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
1990: Bill Vukovich, Indianapolis 500 driver, dies in crash at age 27.
2001: The Calgary Stampeders win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
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