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What happened in history on this day: January 26?
On January 26 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1993 - IBM Chairman John Akers submits his resignation as chairman of the company.
- 1998 - Intel releases the 333 MHz Pentium II processor with MMX instructions, with a 66 MHz bus. It incorporates 0.25 micron CMOS manufacturing process. It is packaged in a Single Edge Contact cartridge for the Slot 1 interface. It contains 512 kB of Level 2 cache, operating at 167 MHz. Code-name during development was Deschutes. Price is US$722 in 1000 chip quantities.
- 2004 - The British Foreign Office announces that Microsoft's Bill Gates has been selected to receive an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. Gates will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Gates was selected because of the impact on the British economy brought on by the transformation of business practices due to Microsoft technology.
- 2004 - Romania issues four postage stamps depicting a CD-ROM, diskette, laptop computer, and on screen is a user at a desktop computer.
Video Game history:
- 1987 - In Japan, Enix releases the Dragon Quest II video game for the Famicom.
- 1999 - Konami releases the Castlevania 64 video game for the Nintendo 64.
- 2010 - Electronic Arts releases the Mass Effect 2 video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
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