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What happened in history on this day: November 9?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Apple Computer officially re-introduces the Apple III, with base price $3495, improved sockets for chips, updated software, memory expansion up to 256 kB, and optional $3495 ProFile 5MB Seagate ST506 hard disk.
- 2004 - Mozilla releases the Firefox 1.0 Web broswer.
- 2021 - Spain issues a postage stamp depicting League of Legends Windows video game characters Aatrox, Nidalee, and Orianna.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Mattel Electronics announces it would offer converter hardware allowing the Intellivision to play Atari 2600 cartridges.
- 1982 - US Surgeon General Dr. Everett Koop publically gives his opinion on the effect of video games on young people, saying there may be mental and physical harm due to addiction, and that there was nothing constructive to video games.
- 1983 - 20th Century-Fox Film announces it is phasing out its video game division.
- 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 - 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.
- 2010 - Activision releases the Call of Duty: Black Ops video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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