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November 26
Video Games
1986: Paramount Pictures releases the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home to theaters in the USA. An Apple Computer Macintosh Plus is used to graphically depict a complex metal formula. A person from the future who travels back to 1986 tries to talk into the mouse of the computer.
1995: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A TV news anchorman says "don't forget to look for my new column in PC World magazine".
1999: Sega announces its plans to make the DreamCast the center of its Web strategy, focusing on multiplayer online gaming.
2000: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is used to project the look of a family over 34 years.
2002: Square and Enix announce they are merging companies to form Square Enix by April 1, 2003.
1995: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A TV news anchorman says "don't forget to look for my new column in PC World magazine".
1999: Sega announces its plans to make the DreamCast the center of its Web strategy, focusing on multiplayer online gaming.
2000: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is used to project the look of a family over 34 years.
2002: Square and Enix announce they are merging companies to form Square Enix by April 1, 2003.
Movies
1985: Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of the Bride), dies at age 87.
1986: Paramount releases the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home to theaters.
1991: Death of Dehl Berti at age 70 of a heart attack; actor (Paradise TV show, Buck James, Operation Neptune, The Edge of Night, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo).
1986: Paramount releases the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home to theaters.
1991: Death of Dehl Berti at age 70 of a heart attack; actor (Paradise TV show, Buck James, Operation Neptune, The Edge of Night, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo).
Music
1985: Birth of Lil Fizz; singer (82K).
1987: Birth of Aubrey Collins; inger (Trick Pony).
1994: The first Beatles record ever to be played on radio ("Love Me Do", played by Radio Luxembourg in 1963) sells for CDN$23,000 at an auction in London, England, a world record price for a commercially produced record.
2003: Death of Soulja Slim at age 25, shot to death in front of his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; rapper (Juvenile - "Slow Motion").
1987: Birth of Aubrey Collins; inger (Trick Pony).
1994: The first Beatles record ever to be played on radio ("Love Me Do", played by Radio Luxembourg in 1963) sells for CDN$23,000 at an auction in London, England, a world record price for a commercially produced record.
2003: Death of Soulja Slim at age 25, shot to death in front of his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; rapper (Juvenile - "Slow Motion").
Sports
1990: Buffalo Bills become 6th first place NFL team to lose on same weekend.
2000: The BC Lions win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.
2005: B.J. Ryan agrees to a $47 million, five-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
2000: The BC Lions win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.
2005: B.J. Ryan agrees to a $47 million, five-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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