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What happened in history on this day: December 19?
On December 19 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1984 - The youth media watchdog of the German Federal Republic adds three video games to its list of titles that could not be advertised, and sold only to adults: River Raid cartridge of Activision, Battle-Zone arcade game of Atari, and Speed Racer game for the Commodore 64.
- 1994 - Apple Computer files a write of certiorari with the US Supreme Court asking justices to review the case of Microsoft copyright infringement in Windows.
- 1994 - Kaleida Labs releases Media Player and ScriptX language.
- 1995 - Taligent becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM.
- 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears: system unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse. One child asks another why a toy is destroying other toys. The other child responds "They must have programmed it to eliminate the competition." "You mean like Microsoft?".
Video Game history:
- 1984 - The youth media watchdog of the German Federal Republic adds three video games to its list of titles that could not be advertised, and sold only to adults: River Raid cartridge of Activision, Battle-Zone arcade game of Atari, and Speed Racer game for the Commodore 64.
- 2017 - Square Enix releases the Life Is Strange: Before the Storm - Hell Is Empty video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
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