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  • Kyoto, Japan
    Thursday Apr 20, 1989
    Nintendo

    Game Boy release

    Kyoto, Japan
    Thursday Apr 20, 1989

    Nintendo released the Game Boy in Japan on 21 April 1989, and in North America on 31 July 1989. Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa managed a deal to bundle the popular third-party game Tetris along with the Game Boy, and the pair launched as an instant success.




  • Tokyo, Japan
    Wednesday Apr 20, 2011
    PlayStation Network

    Temporary suspension of operation

    Tokyo, Japan
    Wednesday Apr 20, 2011

    Following a security intrusion, the PlayStation Network had a temporary suspension of operation which began on April 20, 2011 and affected 77 million registered accounts. Lasting 23 days, this outage was the longest amount of time the PSN had been offline since its inception in 2006.




  • Kyoto, Japan
    Thursday Apr 20, 1989
    Nintendo

    Game Boy release

    Kyoto, Japan
    Thursday Apr 20, 1989

    Nintendo released the Game Boy in Japan on 21 April 1989, and in North America on 31 July 1989. Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa managed a deal to bundle the popular third-party game Tetris along with the Game Boy, and the pair launched as an instant success.




  • Tokyo, Japan
    Wednesday Apr 20, 2011
    PlayStation Network

    Temporary suspension of operation

    Tokyo, Japan
    Wednesday Apr 20, 2011

    Following a security intrusion, the PlayStation Network had a temporary suspension of operation which began on April 20, 2011 and affected 77 million registered accounts. Lasting 23 days, this outage was the longest amount of time the PSN had been offline since its inception in 2006.




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