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What happened in history on this day: January 21?
On January 21 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1986 - IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using RISC-based technology from IBM's "801" project of the mid-70s. It is one of the first commercially-available 32-bit RISC-based computers. The base configuration has 1 MB RAM, a 1.2 MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for US$11,700.
- 2003 - U.S. District Judge J. Motz issues a preliminary injunction, ordering Microsoft to distribute Sun Microsystems' Java with Windows, and to cease distribution of its own implementation.
- 2003 - At the LinuxWorld show in New York, SuSE announces the SuSE Linux Office Desktop software, for US$129. It is SuSE Linux 8.1 with CodeWeavers' CrossOver Win32 API, allowing many Windows applications to run.
Video Game history:
- 1998 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2000 - Enix releases the Dragon Warrior Monsters video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2005 - Columbia Pictures releases the film Are We There Yet? to theaters in the USA and Canada. The video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is played.
- 2009 - Electronic Arts releases the Skate 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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