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October 11
Video Games
1990: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. One scene takes place in a video game arcade.
1994: IBM announces that the release name of the next OS/2 version will be "OS/2 Warp".
1994: Square releases the Final Fantasy III video game for the Super NES in the US. This is the same game as Final Fantasy VI in Japan.
2002: Acclaim releases the Burnout 2: Point of Impact video game for the PlayStation 2 in England. Acclaim offers to pay drivers' speeding tickets incurred that day.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video game system appears, playing "CRASH NEBULA IN POWERPLANT".
2003: Malaysia issues a postage stamp for the 50th World Children's Day, depicting a man at a computer.
2004: Midway releases the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 video game collection for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in the US. Games included are Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, NARC, Rampage World Tour, Total Carnage, Gauntlet II, A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Championship Sprint, Cyberball 2072, Hard Drivin', Kozmik Kroozr, Primal Rage, Spy Hunter 2, Timber Wacko, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, Pit Fighter.
2004: THQ releases the Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in the US.
2005: Midway releases the L.A. Rush video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2005: Sony Computer Entertainment releases the SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALS video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
1994: IBM announces that the release name of the next OS/2 version will be "OS/2 Warp".
1994: Square releases the Final Fantasy III video game for the Super NES in the US. This is the same game as Final Fantasy VI in Japan.
2002: Acclaim releases the Burnout 2: Point of Impact video game for the PlayStation 2 in England. Acclaim offers to pay drivers' speeding tickets incurred that day.
2002: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video game system appears, playing "CRASH NEBULA IN POWERPLANT".
2003: Malaysia issues a postage stamp for the 50th World Children's Day, depicting a man at a computer.
2004: Midway releases the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 video game collection for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in the US. Games included are Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, NARC, Rampage World Tour, Total Carnage, Gauntlet II, A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Championship Sprint, Cyberball 2072, Hard Drivin', Kozmik Kroozr, Primal Rage, Spy Hunter 2, Timber Wacko, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, Pit Fighter.
2004: THQ releases the Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in the US.
2005: Midway releases the L.A. Rush video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
2005: Sony Computer Entertainment releases the SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALS video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
Movies
1985: Birth of Michelle Trachtenberg; actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, All My Children).
1990: Death of Douglas Edwards at age 73 of cancer; CBS-TV news anchor.
1991: Death of Redd Foxx at age 68 of a heart attack on the set of TV show The Royal Family; actor/comedian (Sanford and Son TV show).
1998: Death of Richard Denning at age 84 following cardiac arrest; actor (Mr. and Mrs. North radio and TV show, My Favorite Husband radio show, Governor - Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
2005: ), Blithe Spirit play (2009), The Vest Man play (2012), Sibyl Vane - The Picture of Dorian Gray film (1945), The Manchurian Candidate film (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks film (1971), Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street film (1979), Jessica Fletcher - Murder, She Wrote TV show, Mame film (1966)), voice actor (Mrs. Pots - Beauty and the Beast film (1991)), knighted (2014), Oscar award winner (2013), Tony award winner.
1990: Death of Douglas Edwards at age 73 of cancer; CBS-TV news anchor.
1991: Death of Redd Foxx at age 68 of a heart attack on the set of TV show The Royal Family; actor/comedian (Sanford and Son TV show).
1998: Death of Richard Denning at age 84 following cardiac arrest; actor (Mr. and Mrs. North radio and TV show, My Favorite Husband radio show, Governor - Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
2005: ), Blithe Spirit play (2009), The Vest Man play (2012), Sibyl Vane - The Picture of Dorian Gray film (1945), The Manchurian Candidate film (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks film (1971), Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street film (1979), Jessica Fletcher - Murder, She Wrote TV show, Mame film (1966)), voice actor (Mrs. Pots - Beauty and the Beast film (1991)), knighted (2014), Oscar award winner (2013), Tony award winner.
Music
2001: Death of Billy Maxted at age 84; pianist, songwriter, arranger (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller's Orchestra).
2005: Singer Rod Stewart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honour a career of more than 40 years.
2005: Singer Rod Stewart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honour a career of more than 40 years.
Sports
1986: Norm Cash, first baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 51.
1991: Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59.
1997: The mixed martial arts organisation PRIDE Fighting Championships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Rickson Gracie defeats Nobuhiko Takada by armbar.
2006: New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed (born 1972), along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side.
1991: Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59.
1997: The mixed martial arts organisation PRIDE Fighting Championships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Rickson Gracie defeats Nobuhiko Takada by armbar.
2006: New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed (born 1972), along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side.
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