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What happened in history on this day: March 18?
On March 18 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1991 - In San Francisco, California, the Software Publisher's Association holds its Spring Symposium, including the Excellence in Software Awards ceremony. Winners include: Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Wozniak. Best Consumer Program: GeoWorks Ensemble. Best Business Program: Microsoft Windows 3.0.
- 1998 - Fiji issues a 63-cent postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2003 - Apple Computer removes the original CRT-based iMac from its main online store, effectively discontinuing the product.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.4 GHz Athlon 64 FX-53 processor. It features 128 kB level 1 cache, 1 MB level 2 cache. The processor is manufactured in a 0.13-micron process with 106 million transistors. Price is US$733 in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Federal District Judge George Leighton in Chicago orders Magnavox Home Entertainment Center to take its K.C. Munchkin video game off the market because of similarity to Atari's Pac-Man.
- 1998 - Sony releases the black and white diamond-patterned Dual Shock controller for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2008 - Ubisoft releases the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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