September 26

Video Games

1999: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A man is kicked out of a movie theater for having a computer with him: desktop unit, CRT monitor, keyboard, and mouse. In a later theater showing, the man leaves the theater typing a review on a laptop computer.

2001: Sony CEA releases the Ico video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.

2004: Yemen issues three postage stamps depicting computer chips and a computer.

2005: EA Sports releases the NBA Live 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.

2006: Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 for Windows in the USA.

2006: Namco Bandai releases The Fast and the Furious video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox in the US.

2006: Square Enix releases the Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.

2006: Ubisoft releases the Splinter Cell: Double Agent video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.

2008: THQ releases the de Blob video game for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS in the US.

Movies

1986: Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas TV show, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season).

1986: Paramount releases the film Crocodile Dundee to theaters.

1986: The syndicated TV show Today's Business premieres. The early-morning show airs on 133 stations.

1986: The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced Sidekicks show.

1987: The first episode of US TV show Jake and the Fatman airs.

1997: The ABC TV network begins airing the Teen Angel show.

1997: The ABC TV network debuts the series You Wish.

Music

1991: Death of Billy Vaughn at age 72 of cancer; singer/bandleader ("Melody of Love", "A Swingin' Safari", "Blue Hawaii", "Blue Velvet", "Chapel By The Sea", "Cimarron (Roll On)", "Hawaiian War Chant", "La Paloma", "Look For A Star", "Orange Blossom Special", "Sail Along Silvery Moon", "The Shifting Whispering Sands", "Wheels").

1998: Death of Betty Carter AKA Lillie Mae Jones at age 68 from pancreatic cancer; jazz singer (album "Look What I Got!" (1988 Grammy award)).

2003: Death of Robert Palmer at age 54 of a heart attack; singer ("Addicted to Love" (Grammy award)).

Sports

1988: Canada's Ben Johnson stripped of his Olympic 100m gold for failing drug test.

1998: The Adelaide Crows defeat the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the AFL Grand Final to become the first club to win back-to-back premierships since the VFL became the AFL in 1990.

2004: Death of Marianna Komlos American professional wrestler and fitness model (born 1969).

2005: Death of Shawntinice Polk, American basketball player (born 1983).