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November 28
Video Games
1995: Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 2.0 Final Release web browser, 32-bit version. It suppoprts secure sockets layer, RSA encryption, inline AVI graphics, background audio, and is available in twelve languages.
1998: Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color handheld video game system in the US. Price is US$79.95.
2000: computer. It features an Intel 80186 processor, 80x25 text, 128 kB RAM, two 720 kB disk drives, MS-DOS 2.0, for US$2750. Optional 12-inch monochrome monitor: US$250. Optional monochrome graphics card: US$450. Optional color graphics card: US$750. Optional color monitor: US$800. Optional extra 128 kB RAM: US$300. Optional 10 MB hard drive.
2000: Sony releases the PlayStation 2 video game system in the United Kingdom. Price is 300 pounds.
2001: Sony CEA releases the PSone LCD Monitor for the PSone video game system in the US. The US$129 screen plugs into the back of the system. The 5-inch wide display has resolution of 320x240, and includes stereo speakers.
1998: Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color handheld video game system in the US. Price is US$79.95.
2000: computer. It features an Intel 80186 processor, 80x25 text, 128 kB RAM, two 720 kB disk drives, MS-DOS 2.0, for US$2750. Optional 12-inch monochrome monitor: US$250. Optional monochrome graphics card: US$450. Optional color graphics card: US$750. Optional color monitor: US$800. Optional extra 128 kB RAM: US$300. Optional 10 MB hard drive.
2000: Sony releases the PlayStation 2 video game system in the United Kingdom. Price is 300 pounds.
2001: Sony CEA releases the PSone LCD Monitor for the PSone video game system in the US. The US$129 screen plugs into the back of the system. The 5-inch wide display has resolution of 320x240, and includes stereo speakers.
Movies
1986: Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest - Ed Wynn Show), dies at age 76.
1988: Birth of Scarlett Pomers; actress (Reba, Star Trek: Voyager).
1993: Death of Garry Moore AKA Thomas Garrison Morfit at age 78 of emphysema; host (I've Got A Secret, To Tell the Truth, Club Matinee radio show).
1997: MTV airs the final episode of the Beavis & Butt-head TV show.
1999: Death of Bethel Leslie at age 70 of cancer; actress (The Richard Boone Show, As the World Turns, One Life to Live, All My Children, Another World, The Doctors).
1999: Death of Hazel Frederick at age 91; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show opening credits).
1988: Birth of Scarlett Pomers; actress (Reba, Star Trek: Voyager).
1993: Death of Garry Moore AKA Thomas Garrison Morfit at age 78 of emphysema; host (I've Got A Secret, To Tell the Truth, Club Matinee radio show).
1997: MTV airs the final episode of the Beavis & Butt-head TV show.
1999: Death of Bethel Leslie at age 70 of cancer; actress (The Richard Boone Show, As the World Turns, One Life to Live, All My Children, Another World, The Doctors).
1999: Death of Hazel Frederick at age 91; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show opening credits).
Music
1993: Death of Jerry Edmonton at age 47 in a motor vehicle accident in Santa Barbara, California, USA; drummer (Sparrow, Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride").
Sports
1988: Rich Gedman becomes the highest paid catcher in the American League when he signs a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox for US$1.2 million.
1989: Rickey Henderson signs record US$3 million per year Oakland Athletics contract.
1999: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Calgary Stampeders 32-21 to win the 87th Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
2005: Pitcher Billy Wagner agrees to a US$43 million, four-year contract with the New York Mets.
1989: Rickey Henderson signs record US$3 million per year Oakland Athletics contract.
1999: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Calgary Stampeders 32-21 to win the 87th Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.
2005: Pitcher Billy Wagner agrees to a US$43 million, four-year contract with the New York Mets.
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