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Video Games
1995: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer shows the "Flying Toasters" screen-saver.
1995: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An actor's trailer has two video arcade machines, one with dual joysticks, the other with dual trackballs.
1996: Netscape Communications releases the Navigator Personal Edition 3.0 web broswer, for US$50, and the Navigator Gold Personal Edition 3.0 for US$80.
1997: The US Federal Trade Commission announces it is investigating Intel for alleged practices of illegally withholding CPU sales to PC makers who buy competitor's products.
2000: Nintendo releases the Pokémon Puzzle League video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
2001: PC manufacturers begin shipping new computers with Windows XP preloaded.
2002: Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 1900+ and 2000+ mobile processors. Prices are US$239 and US$345 each in 1000-unit quantities.
2002: Quote by J. Allard, Microsoft general manager for Xbox: "... narrowband gaming [is] like sucking pizza through a straw.".
2002: Nintendo releases the Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2004: The Cartoon Network airs the TV show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends in the USA. A Nintendo GameCube appears.
2006: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A scene takes place at a video game arcade, "Captain Blip's Zapateria". Some games are Click Clack, Unipede, Remington Steele: The Game, Rocky III vs. Clara Peller, Space-Tac-Toe, Monkey Kong, Polybius, Triangle Wars.
2007: The One Laptop Per Child organization launches the Give 1 Get 1 marketing plan. For US$399, a buyer will purchase two XO computers, receiving one in early 2008, with the other being sent to a child in Cambodia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, or Haiti.
2007: Business Week magazines publishes an article on The Best Places to Launch a Career. At number 6 is Microsoft.
1995: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An actor's trailer has two video arcade machines, one with dual joysticks, the other with dual trackballs.
1996: Netscape Communications releases the Navigator Personal Edition 3.0 web broswer, for US$50, and the Navigator Gold Personal Edition 3.0 for US$80.
1997: The US Federal Trade Commission announces it is investigating Intel for alleged practices of illegally withholding CPU sales to PC makers who buy competitor's products.
2000: Nintendo releases the Pokémon Puzzle League video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
2001: PC manufacturers begin shipping new computers with Windows XP preloaded.
2002: Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 1900+ and 2000+ mobile processors. Prices are US$239 and US$345 each in 1000-unit quantities.
2002: Quote by J. Allard, Microsoft general manager for Xbox: "... narrowband gaming [is] like sucking pizza through a straw.".
2002: Nintendo releases the Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
2004: The Cartoon Network airs the TV show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends in the USA. A Nintendo GameCube appears.
2006: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A scene takes place at a video game arcade, "Captain Blip's Zapateria". Some games are Click Clack, Unipede, Remington Steele: The Game, Rocky III vs. Clara Peller, Space-Tac-Toe, Monkey Kong, Polybius, Triangle Wars.
2007: The One Laptop Per Child organization launches the Give 1 Get 1 marketing plan. For US$399, a buyer will purchase two XO computers, receiving one in early 2008, with the other being sent to a child in Cambodia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, or Haiti.
2007: Business Week magazines publishes an article on The Best Places to Launch a Career. At number 6 is Microsoft.
Movies
1985: ABC airs the first episode of TV show Growing Pains.
1987: NBC debuts the TV series A Different World.
1993: The ABC TV network begins airing the series Boy Meets World.
1996: ABC airs the 200th episode of the Roseanne TV show.
1997: ABC begins airing the TV series Dharma and Greg.
2008: TV series Knight Rider debuts in the US.
1987: NBC debuts the TV series A Different World.
1993: The ABC TV network begins airing the series Boy Meets World.
1996: ABC airs the 200th episode of the Roseanne TV show.
1997: ABC begins airing the TV series Dharma and Greg.
2008: TV series Knight Rider debuts in the US.
Music
Sports
1985: Montreal Expos' Andre Dawson is ninth to get six RBIs in an inning (5th).
1988: Canada's Ben Johnson runs (drug-assisted) 100m in 9.79 seconds.
1988: Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets the heptathlon woman's record (7,291).
1993: The International Olympic Committee selects Sydney, Australia to be the site of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
2005: Australian Rules Football team the Sydney Swans win the 2005 Grand Final, to become the AFL Premiers, defeating the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to end a 72 year Premiership drought.
2006: Europe wins the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
2007: India wins the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by five runs.
1988: Canada's Ben Johnson runs (drug-assisted) 100m in 9.79 seconds.
1988: Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets the heptathlon woman's record (7,291).
1993: The International Olympic Committee selects Sydney, Australia to be the site of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
2005: Australian Rules Football team the Sydney Swans win the 2005 Grand Final, to become the AFL Premiers, defeating the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to end a 72 year Premiership drought.
2006: Europe wins the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
2007: India wins the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by five runs.
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