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What happened in history on this day: August 9?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - (2:30 PM New York) Shares of Netscape Communications are first made available to the public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Before trading, shares are priced at US$28. The stock opens at US$71, reaching a high of US$74.75. The market value of the company becomes US$2.2 billion. This is the best opening day for a stock in Wall Street history for an issue of its size.
- 1997 - At the end of pre-release beta testing of Ultima Online, Ali Shahrooz as online persona Rainz casts a firefield spell near Richard Garriott's persona Lord British. Garriott, believing his Lord British to be immortal, steps into the fire and dies, as he had failed to switch on his immortality.
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Athlon processor, formerly code-named K7. The processor features Enhanced 3DNow! technology. Speeds and prices are 650 MHz (US$849), 600 MHz (US$615), 550 MHz (US$449), 500 MHz (US$249).
- 2003 - Sony releases the Clie PEG-UX50 handheld computer in Japan.
- 2004 - Sharp Systems of America introduces the LL-151-3D 15-inch LCD TFT display, using a parallax barrier to provide 3D images without the use of special glasses. Price is US$1499.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game Version 1.0 to arcades in the US.
- 1999 - Sega of America announces it is beginning a US$100 million marketing campaign to promote the Dreamcast video game system, with television advertising showing the system.
- 2004 - EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 2005 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube in the US.
- 2005 - EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2009 - Electronic Arts releases The Beatles: Rock Band video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
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