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November 30
Video Games
1989: In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the World of Commodore trade show is held, over five days.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is shown in a house, displaying a web site.
2004: Ubisoft releases the Ghost Recon 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2004: Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2006: Microsoft officially releases the Windows Vista operating system to corporate clients. The software is comprised of 50 million lines of source code.
2008: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer store in a mall has a logo like the Apple company. with laptop and desktop computers that look like Apple products. A man runs into the store and throws a sledgehammer at the large screen displaying the company CEO, like the "1984" Apple ad introducing the Macintosh. A laptop computer with an Apple-like logo is used at a house. A package is delivered in a box with double-bite apple logo and "MAPPLE".
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is shown in a house, displaying a web site.
2004: Ubisoft releases the Ghost Recon 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2004: Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2006: Microsoft officially releases the Windows Vista operating system to corporate clients. The software is comprised of 50 million lines of source code.
2008: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer store in a mall has a logo like the Apple company. with laptop and desktop computers that look like Apple products. A man runs into the store and throws a sledgehammer at the large screen displaying the company CEO, like the "1984" Apple ad introducing the Macintosh. A laptop computer with an Apple-like logo is used at a house. A package is delivered in a box with double-bite apple logo and "MAPPLE".
Movies
1985: Birth of Kaley Cuoco; actress (Big Bang Theory, Charmed, Eight Simple Rules).
1988: The Disney Channel begins airing Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
1994: Death of Lionel Stander of lung cancer at age 86; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, It Takes a Thief, Dream On, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941)).
1995: Death of William Roerick at age 83 in a motor vehicle accident; actor (The Guiding Light TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Another World TV show, Law and Order TV show).
2004: Longtime Jeopardy! (TV show) champion Ken Jennings finally loses after 74 wins, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
2004: Death of Pierre Berton of heart failure at age 84; Canadian author and broadcaster (Front Page Challenge).
1988: The Disney Channel begins airing Good Morning, Miss Bliss.
1994: Death of Lionel Stander of lung cancer at age 86; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, It Takes a Thief, Dream On, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941)).
1995: Death of William Roerick at age 83 in a motor vehicle accident; actor (The Guiding Light TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Another World TV show, Law and Order TV show).
2004: Longtime Jeopardy! (TV show) champion Ken Jennings finally loses after 74 wins, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
2004: Death of Pierre Berton of heart failure at age 84; Canadian author and broadcaster (Front Page Challenge).
Music
1987: Birth of Dougie Poynter; English musician (McFly).
1996: Herbert Khaury AKA Tiny Tim dies of a heart attack at age 64 while performing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" at a Minneapolis fund raiser (born 1932).
2000: Death of Scott Smith at age 45 by drowning, swept off his sailboat near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge; Loverboy bass guitarist (Loverboy - "Turn Me Loose", "Working for the Weekend").
1996: Herbert Khaury AKA Tiny Tim dies of a heart attack at age 64 while performing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" at a Minneapolis fund raiser (born 1932).
2000: Death of Scott Smith at age 45 by drowning, swept off his sailboat near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge; Loverboy bass guitarist (Loverboy - "Turn Me Loose", "Working for the Weekend").
Sports
2000: Mike Mussina signs a US$88.5 million, six-year contract with the New York Yankees.
2007: Death of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, of pulmonary fibrosis at age 69 (born 1938).
2008: Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson score 63 to win golf's World Cup for Sweden at Mission Hills in China.
2007: Death of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, of pulmonary fibrosis at age 69 (born 1938).
2008: Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson score 63 to win golf's World Cup for Sweden at Mission Hills in China.
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