November 9

Video Games

1997: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. In a convenience store, a child plays an arcade game called Cat Fight.

2002: Electronic Arts releases the SSX Tricky video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.

2004: Mozilla releases the Firefox 1.0 Web broswer.

2004: Microsoft releases the Halo 2 video game for the Xbox in the US. Price is US$50 for standard version or US$55 for a deluxe edition. First day sales total 2.4 million units in North America, for US$125 million revenue.

2004: Sony releases the Jak 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US and Canada.

2008: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A handheld video game appears, one that looks like the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

2009: Microsoft releases the Halo Waypoint video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.

Movies

1990: Orion Pictures releases the film Dances with Wolves to theaters.

1997: BBC News 24 is launched.

2003: Death of Art Carney at age 85; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners).

2006: Death of Ed Bradley at age 65 from complications of leukemia; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes TV show, 19 Emmy Awards).

Music

Sports

1988: Major League Baseball All-Star team beats Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7).