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What happened in history on this day: May 3?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1984 - Apple Computer announces that 70,000 Macintosh computers have been shipped in the first 100 days since its announcement.
- 2000 - In the Philippines, 24-year-old Onel De Guzman releases a virus that he had proposed creating as part of his undergraduate thesis. The email message was sent with subject "ILOVEYOU", and attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU". When opened, the virus activates, sending the message and attachment to every name on the email program's address list.
- 2002 - Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer complete their merger.
Video Game history:
- 1972 - Magnavox first shows the Odyssey video game console at a trade show in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1982 - Walt Disney Productions files a suit against Williams Electronics for infringing Disney's Tron trademark, by the arcade video game Robotron.
- 1983 - Mattel files a lawsuit against Atari, accusing it of luring away three employees who then helped develop game cartridges compatible with Mattel's Intellivision game system.
- 2002 - Nintendo launches the GameCube in Europe.
- 2005 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Forza Motorsport video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - Sony releases the Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- A man plays a video game, mimicing Microsoft's Halo.
- A man says "Where's my video games? My Xbox, my Wii?"
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the Picross 3D video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
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