|
What happened in history on this day: June 17?
On June 17 in ...
|
Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - Logical International files a trademark infringement suit against Coleco Industries, claiming prior use of the name "Adam" for a computer.
- 1996 - Compaq Computer announces the Armada line of notebook computers, including the low-end 1100 series, and high-end 4100 series. Compaq also announces three new models in the LTE 5300 line.
- 1997 - At the PC Expo show, Corel releases the WordPerfect Suite 8, including WordPerfect 8, QuattroPro 8, Presentations 8, CorelCentral, PhotoHouse 1.1, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Envoy 7 viewer, Bitstream Font Navigator 2. Full price is US$395; upgrade price is US$179.
- 2002 - Microsoft releases the Internet Explorer 5.2 web browser for the Mac OS X. The software is free from Microsoft's Web site.
- 2008 - Mozilla releases the Firefox 3.0 web browser for download. 8.3 million downlaoads are recorded in the first 24 hours.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Atari grants Centuri exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture and distribute the Tunnel Hunt arcade game.
- 2003 - Sega releases the Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut video game for the Nintendo GameCube in the US.
- 2009 - Atari releases the Ghostbusters video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii in the USA.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|