2014 Event NFL player Ray Rice will be allowed to resume playing in the league; Rice was suspended in July after video surfaced in which he knocked out his fiancee (now wife) by punching her in an elevator 2014 Event Microsoft Corp. is planning to buy Mojang, the company that created the video game Minecraft; the purchase price would likely exceed $2 billion 2014 Event Google will be launching a paid subscription-based music service featuring YouTube music video content; the service will be separate from the company's existing subscription music service on Google Play 2014 Event Internet retailer Amazon, Inc. releases its own 'Fire' smart phone; the phone will allow users to connect directly to Amazon.com to shop for items they scan or identify in video and audio clips on the device 2014 Event Disney announces that it will buy Maker Studios for $500 million with an additional payout of $450 million if certain performance targets are met; purchase of the online video producer may help Disney expand marketing outlets for its media 2012 Event A video of SpaceX's latest test of the company's Grasshopper rocket with vertical takeoff and vertical landing, is released; the rocket rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the landing pad December 17, 2012 2012 Event As a cost-saving measure during bankcruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. reports they will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames 2011 Event The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2011 Event Musician Katy Perry wins the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Video for the Year award for her song 'Firework' 2011 Event Nintendo's new video game system, the Wii U is introduced; it has a touch-screen display designed as a bridge between portable and tablet-based games and console video games 2007 Death Art Buchwald, dies at 74, posts his video obituary in which he declared, "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." 2005 Event XBox 360 video game is released by Microsoft 1998 Event Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301 1997 Event MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1996 Event Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) 1996 Event MTV Video Music Awards 1992 Event Madonna premieres her "Erotica" video on MTV 1991 Event Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV 1991 Death Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer 1991 Event Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1991 Event Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video 1988 Event "ET" released to home video (14 million presold) 1987 Event Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV 1987 Event North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video 1986 Event "Living on Video" by Trans-X peaks at #61 1984 Death Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84 1984 Death Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69 1983 Birthday Kim Smith, born in Houston, Texas, model, featured in Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess ad campaigns, appeared in 'Girls of Summer' Aerosmith video 1979 Death Al Hodge, actor (Captain Video), dies at 65 1977 Event Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy 1974 Death Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday 1969 Event Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road" 1968 Birthday Guy Ritchie, born in Hatfield, England, filmmaker, screenwriter, music video director, directed 'Snatch', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' 1967 Birthday Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder, Space Invaders 1965 Event Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1964 Birthday Adam Curry, born in Arlington, Virginia, broadcast personality, video jockey, a pioneer of podcasting, nicknamed the 'Podfather' 1963 Event 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London 1958 Event 1st color video recording on magnetic tape 1956 Event 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 1956 Birthday Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video 1952 Event 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca 1949 Event "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV 1947 Birthday Michael Green, English TV/video producer 1946 Birthday David Green, English TV/video producer 1934 Birthday Don Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns 1932 Birthday Nam June Paik, born in Seoul, Korea, video artist, Medium is the Medium 1930 Birthday Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1922 Birthday Jack Narz, born in Louisville, Kentucky, TV gameshow host, Dotto, Video Village 1913 Birthday Al Hodge, actor, Captain Video 1885 Birthday Otto Kruger, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Lux Video Theater, High Noon
