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What happened in history on this day: May 19?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - The National Computer Conference is held in Anaheim, California, over four days.
- 1980 - Apple Computer introduces the Apple III at the National Computer Conference, in Anaheim, California. The Apple III features 2-MHz Synertek 6502A microprocessor, maximum 128 kB RAM, Shugart 143 kB 5.25-inch floppy drive, keyboard and numeric keypad, 4 internal expansion slots, 2 serial ports, Apple II emulation mode, Sophisticated Operating System, 80x24 text and 560x192 pixel monochrome graphics. Price ranges from US$4500 to US$8000. Code name during development was Sara.
- 1993 - Steve Wozniak presents an Apple PowerBook to Poland's President Lech Walesa.
- 1996 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character refers to the Us Festival, "sponsored by that guy from Apple Computers". Response by another character is "What Computers?".
- 1997 - Intel announces the 133 MHz Pentium processor with MMX technology for notebook computers. Price is US$284 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1997 - Hewlett-Packard begins shipping the HP 300LX and 320LX handheld computers.
- 2001 - Apple Computer launches its first retail store, in McLean, Virginia.
- 2003 - Microsoft agrees to license SCO Group's Unix technology.
- 2004 - Microsoft releases Microsoft Office 2004 for the Macintosh in the USA, and Microsoft Office: Mac 2004 in the United Kingdom. Price for the Standard Edition in the USA is US$399, or US$239 upgrade price.
Video Game history:
- 1996 - Sony drops the price of the PlayStation in the US, from US$299 to US$199.
- 1999 - LucasArts releases the Star Wars Episode 1: Racer video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2008 - Nintendo launches the Wii Fit exercise game for the Nintendo Wii video game system in the US, initially only in New York City. Price is US$90 including game and balance board input device.
- 2009 - THQ releases the UFC Undisputed 2009 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia video game for the Nintendo 3DS in the USA.
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