…1860: With Hermann Hollerith a man is born whose later adding machines are used in the US census before they are replaced by the Powers designs. Hollerith founded a company called Tabulating Machines Company, which was one of the three companies merged by Thomas J Watson Sr. in 1914 to form CTR. Calculating, Tabulating, Recording, as the company's name was spelled out, was later renamed to another three-letter combination that stands for International Business Machines – IBM.
… 2004: At this year's Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars in German, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King won – in all eleven categories for which it was nominated.
… 2012: Good news for players – at least that's what you'd think. Because from this day on, one of the longest-lasting game series is available for free for the first time and another game returns from the drawers under the counters to the public eye. This refers to the Finnish game noir shooter Max Payne. According to user news at PCGH-Extreme on September 29, 2001 in Germany, this was on the list of media classified as harmful to young people, primarily due to the first available “Bullet Time” (a slow motion shot) in conjunction with a realistic depiction of figures for the time been set, which de facto amounts to a ban on public display and sale and thus the commercial death of a product in Germany. The game series in question was none other than Microsoft's Flight Simulator. As of today, the virtual aircraft took off towards the free-2-play airport – but this caused many players to fear that the simulation character could be sacrificed to the free-2-play target group, which is usually interested in rather shallow entertainment – just like that the “Simulator” in the name of the program that is now only called Microsoft Flight. And Microsoft's Flight isn't entirely free either: the first paid DLCs are announced at the same time as the release: The Hawaiian Adventure Pack costs $20 or 1,600 Microsoft Points. In addition, there is also a single, new aircraft model, the Maule M-7-260C, priced at 1,200 Microsoft Points. If that's not enough, you can also purchase the North American P-51 Mustang for 640 Microsoft Points.
On the subject of Microsoft, take a look at our gallery of the best Microsoft games!