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November 29
Video Games
1993: Sega releases the Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine video game for the Genesis in the US.
1994: The American Broadcasting Company airs the Full House TV show in the USA. The family is playing the Super Nintendo using a NES Max controller.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices releases the 750 MHz Athlon processor, fabricated with 0.18-micron technology. Price is US$799 in 1000-unit quantities.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices releases the 533 MHz K6-2 processor, for US$167 in 1000-unit quantities.
1999: Dominican Republic issues a 6-peso postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
2002: Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly files an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling of the settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft.
2005: Nintendo releases the Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
2005: Sony releases an update for the PlayStation Portable in the U.S., via Internet connection or installed from a Memory Stick or UMD disc. The update allows Really Simple Syndication version 2.0 for audio streams, and Windows Media Audio file playback.
2005: The National Institute on Media and the Family release a report calling the video game industry-operated rating system "beyond repair."
2009: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A desktop computer is used to access a "Wiccapedia" web site.
2009: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Someone asks "So, you guys have any video games?".
1994: The American Broadcasting Company airs the Full House TV show in the USA. The family is playing the Super Nintendo using a NES Max controller.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices releases the 750 MHz Athlon processor, fabricated with 0.18-micron technology. Price is US$799 in 1000-unit quantities.
1999: Advanced Micro Devices releases the 533 MHz K6-2 processor, for US$167 in 1000-unit quantities.
1999: Dominican Republic issues a 6-peso postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
2002: Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly files an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling of the settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft.
2005: Nintendo releases the Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
2005: Sony releases an update for the PlayStation Portable in the U.S., via Internet connection or installed from a Memory Stick or UMD disc. The update allows Really Simple Syndication version 2.0 for audio streams, and Windows Media Audio file playback.
2005: The National Institute on Media and the Family release a report calling the video game industry-operated rating system "beyond repair."
2009: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A desktop computer is used to access a "Wiccapedia" web site.
2009: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Someone asks "So, you guys have any video games?".
Movies
1991: Death of Ralph Bellamy of a lung ailment at age 87; actor (Man Against Crime TV show, host - Frontier Justice, Franklin Roosevelt - The Winds of War and War and Remembrance TV mini-series, Wheels, The Moneychangers, Once an Eagle, Testimony of Two Men).
Music
2001: Death of George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles, Travelling Wilburies), of cancer (born 1943).
Sports
1987: New York Rangers' Bob Frosse becomes second goalie to score a goal (vs New York Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with the goal.
1989: Death of Gubby Allen, English cricket player (born 1902).
1998: Death of Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (born 1947).
2009: The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28 to 27 in Canada's Grey Cup football championship game.
1989: Death of Gubby Allen, English cricket player (born 1902).
1998: Death of Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (born 1947).
2009: The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28 to 27 in Canada's Grey Cup football championship game.
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