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November 27
Video Games
1994: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A video game cartridge is shown with name "Disembowler IV".
1996: Apple Computer engineers and a manager meet with NeXT managers to investigate possibility of using OPENSTEP OS for future Mac computers.
1998: In Japan, Sega Enterprises releases the Dreamcast video game system. It features a 200 MHz 128-bit Hitachi SH-4 processor, special NEC graphics processing chip, 26 MB RAM (16 MB main memory, 2 MB sound, 8 MB video), built-in 56 kbps modem, serial port, Web browser, Microsoft Windows CE operating system, one controller, and CD-ROM drive for 1 GB capacity disks. Price is 29,800 Yen, about US$220.
1998: Sega releases the Virtua Fighter 3tb video game for the Dreamcast in Japan.
2004: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A building with a sign "VIDEO GAMES / ARCADE" is destroyed by spaceship blasts.
2004: Total sales of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance (including SP) during Thanksgiving week in the US: 800,000.
2007: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: Bender's Big Score on DVD in the USA. A personal computer of the future appears.
2007: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: Bender's Big Score on DVD in the USA.
1996: Apple Computer engineers and a manager meet with NeXT managers to investigate possibility of using OPENSTEP OS for future Mac computers.
1998: In Japan, Sega Enterprises releases the Dreamcast video game system. It features a 200 MHz 128-bit Hitachi SH-4 processor, special NEC graphics processing chip, 26 MB RAM (16 MB main memory, 2 MB sound, 8 MB video), built-in 56 kbps modem, serial port, Web browser, Microsoft Windows CE operating system, one controller, and CD-ROM drive for 1 GB capacity disks. Price is 29,800 Yen, about US$220.
1998: Sega releases the Virtua Fighter 3tb video game for the Dreamcast in Japan.
2004: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A building with a sign "VIDEO GAMES / ARCADE" is destroyed by spaceship blasts.
2004: Total sales of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance (including SP) during Thanksgiving week in the US: 800,000.
2007: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: Bender's Big Score on DVD in the USA. A personal computer of the future appears.
2007: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: Bender's Big Score on DVD in the USA.
Movies
1985: United Artists releases the film Rocky IV to theaters.
1985: Birth of Alison Pill in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Book of Daniel, What Katy Did).
1986: Death of Steve Tracy from AIDS at age 61; actor (Percy Dalton - Little House on the Praire TV show).
1988: Death of John Carradine at age 82 of kidney failure; actor (Dracula, King David, Kung Fu TV show).
1995: ), "St Matthew Passion" play, "The Drinking Party" play, "Beyond the Fringe" play (1960)).
1996: Buena Vista releases the live-action film 101 Dalmatians to theaters.
1985: Birth of Alison Pill in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Book of Daniel, What Katy Did).
1986: Death of Steve Tracy from AIDS at age 61; actor (Percy Dalton - Little House on the Praire TV show).
1988: Death of John Carradine at age 82 of kidney failure; actor (Dracula, King David, Kung Fu TV show).
1995: ), "St Matthew Passion" play, "The Drinking Party" play, "Beyond the Fringe" play (1960)).
1996: Buena Vista releases the live-action film 101 Dalmatians to theaters.
Music
2005: Death of Joe Jones at age 79 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("You Talk Too Much" (1961)).
Sports
1999: th and 2000th shots, becoming the all-time leader in blocked shots.
2005: In Canada, for the second time in three years, the Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Montreal Alouettes 38-35 in an overtime thriller to win the 93rd Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
2005: In Canada, for the second time in three years, the Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Montreal Alouettes 38-35 in an overtime thriller to win the 93rd Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
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