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What happened in history on this day: November 6?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - Microsoft and IBM sign a formal contract for Microsoft to develop certain software products for IBM's new microcomputer. Microsoft will receive US$200,000 to adapt the operating system to the IBM PC, and US$500,000 for DOS, BASIC, and compilers. Microsoft is to have an initial version of the operating system and BASIC working by mid-January.
- 2006 - YTV airs the TV show Weird Years in Canada. The game "WarQuest" is played on a personal computer, a play on game titles Warcraft and EverQuest.
- 2007 - Netherlands issues a 44-cent + 22-cent postage stamp depicting a child and a computer.
Video Game history:
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Hey You, Pikachu! video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2001 - The first issue of Official Xbox Magazine is published in the US.
- 2003 - EA Games releases The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2006 - YTV airs the TV show Weird Years in Canada.
- In a dream, a kid meets Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider video games.
- To cross a river, he jumps across logs like in game Frogger.
- In a zoo, a gorilla throws barrels like in Donkey Kong.
- A turtle is jumped on (100 points) and kicked (200 points) like in Super Mario Bros..
- 2007 - Square Enix releases the Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2008 - Ubisoft releases the End War video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2012 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Halo 4 video game for the Xbox 360.
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