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What happened in history on this day: April 6?
On April 6 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1976 - Steve Jobs arranges a 3-month loan for Apple Computer of $5000.
- 1984 - 74 days after the introduction of the Macintosh, 50,000 units have been sold.
- 1992 - COMDEX/Spring '92 is held, in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1992 - At the Comdex / Windows World conference, Microsoft unveils Windows 3.1, including scalable TrueType fonts. The software comprises over 3 million lines of code.
- 1997 - Microsoft announces plans to buy WebTV Networks for US$425 million. The United States Justice Department begins a review of the merger.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A personal computer appears in a school classroom.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Atari releases the Pac-Man video game cartridge for the Atari VCS system. Price is US$37.
- 2001 - Warner Bros. releases the animated feature film Pokémon the Movie 3 to theaters in the US.
- 2004 - Acclaim releases the Alias video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US and Canada.
- 2012 - Nintendo releases the Xenoblade Chronicles video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
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