The world’s first video game championship and Apple launch iTunes. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1983 – The World’s First Video Game Championship
The world’s first video game championship is held on this day in 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa. The event is organised by Twin Galaxies which was founded by Walter Day to record video game world records. The championship is preceded by the world’s first video game themed parade. The competition will be won by Ben Gold, age 16, who scores 40,001,150 points on Star gate over the course of 35 hours, 50 minutes.
2001 – Apple launch iTunes
On this day in 2001 at the Macworld Conference & Expo, Apple Computer launches the iTunes 1.0 media platform for the Macintosh. The platform marks the beginning of Apple’s strategy of making the Mac the hub of the new “digital lifestyle.”
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