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Brewminate<p>TODAY IN HISTORY: July 23, 1963 – Celler Introduces the INA to Overhaul Immigration</p><p>The quota system was racist by design.</p><p>Celler knew it.</p><p>And on this day, he introduced a bill that dared Congress to tear it down.</p><p>The 1965 Act came later — but today was the day the walls cracked.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brewminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brewminate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImmigrationHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmanuelCeller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmanuelCeller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1985 - At the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York, featuring Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry, <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> unveils the new <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> 1000. It features a multitasking, windowing operating system, color graphics with 4096 colors, stereo sound, Motorola 68000 CPU, 256kB RAM, and 3.5-inch disk drive, for US$1295.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS, for their implementation of the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> language. <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> receive US$3,000 immediately, with royalties of US$30 per copy of 4K BASIC, and US$35 for 8K BASIC. </p><p>It was released by MITS in punch tape format for the Altair 8800 shortly after the machine itself, immediately cementing BASIC as the primary language of early microcomputers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
B.W. Conway<p>On this day in history, July 19th, 1860, Lizzie Borden was born Fall River, Massachusetts. </p><p>Lizzie Borden gained notoriety after being tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booklovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lizzieborden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lizzieborden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookLovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookRecommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookRecommendations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a></p>
Owliphant<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> July 17 in 1918, the Romanov family was executed, ending the over 1000 year old reign of monarchy in Russia.</p><p>Can you locate on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>map</span></a> where the final exile and execution of the Romanov family took place?</p><p>Click the link to guess: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=117&amp;type=q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whereintheworldgame.com/?id=11</span><span class="invisible">7&amp;type=q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Revolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Revolutions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a></p>
Negahyphen<p>On July 3rd, 1973, David Bowie performed a concert at the Hammersmith in London, where he shocked the crowd by announcing the end of the band. While he was referring to the Spiders from Mars and associated persona, it still whipped the crowd into a frenzy of disbelief and shock.</p><p>It's easy to find the concert online today and remains a shocking testament to David Bowie's creative vision and ability to electrify a crowd with a combination of costuming, dance, mime, and absolute raw vocal power.</p><p>I celebrate every July 3rd as David Bowie Day. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/davidbowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>davidbowie</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/todayinhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>todayinhistory</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a></p>
Owliphant<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> June 30, 1908, 80 million trees and 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest were leveled by a probable meteoric air burst, known as the Tunguska event.</p><p>Can you locate on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>map</span></a> where the event took place?<br />Click the link to guess: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=75&amp;type=q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whereintheworldgame.com/?id=75</span><span class="invisible">&amp;type=q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meteor</span></a></p>
Brewminate<p>📅 June 29, 2007 – The first iPhone was released by Apple Inc., launching a revolution in mobile computing and redefining what a "phone" could be.</p><p>The smartphone era began today — and the world has never looked back.</p><p>🧠💡 What’s the one piece of tech you can’t imagine living without now?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brewminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brewminate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileRevolution</span></a></p><p>📚 Read more stories blending history and modern thought: <a href="https://brewminate.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">brewminate.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Owliphant<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated, adding to the tensions that would lead to World War 1.</p><p>Can you locate on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>map</span></a> where the assassination took place?<br />Click the link to guess: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=145&amp;type=q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whereintheworldgame.com/?id=14</span><span class="invisible">5&amp;type=q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 2005 – American social news and discussion site <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> is founded.</p><p>As of February 2025, Reddit is the ninth-most-visited website in the world.</p><p>It has received praise for many of its features, such as the ability to create several subreddits for niche communities. It has also been criticized for the spread of misinformation and its voting system which can encourage online echo chambers.</p>
UPD Library<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a>: June 18, 1908 - The University of the Philippines was established in the City of Manila. Happy 117th Foundation Day, UP! 🥳 <a href="https://mainlib.upd.edu.ph/up-naming-mahal-the-genesis-of-9-up-campuses/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainlib.upd.edu.ph/up-naming-m</span><span class="invisible">ahal-the-genesis-of-9-up-campuses/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/117thFoundingAnniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>117thFoundingAnniversary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UPNamingMahal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UPNamingMahal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineExhibt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineExhibt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UPHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UPHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversityArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityArchives</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1985 – Blake Ross, American computer programmer, is born.</p><p>Best known for his work as the co-creator of the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/webbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webbrowser</span></a> </p><p>He envisioned a smaller, easy-to-use browser that could have mass appeal, and Firefox was born from that idea. Released in November 2004, when Ross was 19, Firefox quickly grabbed market share, with 100 million downloads in less than a year.</p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, is born.</p><p>Best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> markup language, the URL system, and <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/http" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>http</span></a>. He is a professorial research fellow at the University of Oxford and a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> ).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/computerscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/www" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>www</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/worldwideweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldwideweb</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 2005 - At WWDC <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> announces it is abandoning the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPC</span></a> in favor of <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> processors for <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> computers. </p><p>The first Intel-based Macintosh computers should be on the market by mid-2006, with PowerPC-based computers phased out by the end of 2007. Reasons given for the switch are the lack of a 3 GHz G5 processor, lack of G5 processors for portable computers, and the Intel processor future looks better for Apple computers.</p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1955 - Namco Limited, Japanese video game and entertainment company, is founded. </p><p>Namco was one of the most influential companies in the arcade game industry, producing game franchises such as <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/PacMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacMan</span></a>, Galaxian, <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TEKKEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEKKEN</span></a>, and Ridge Racer. </p><p>Namco entered the home market in 1984 with conversions of its arcade games for the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSX</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nintendo</span></a> Famicom / NES.</p><p>In 2006, Namco merged with Bandai to form what is now named Bandai Namco Holdings.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Namco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Namco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a></p>
CoinOfNote<p>Today in 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded the city of St Petersburg in <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. </p><p>I'll have to write up a coin which was minted there, but in the meantime, here is a Russian coin minutes less than 50 years after the founding of St Petersburg, the 1749 Denga: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/russia-1-denga-1749/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coinofnote.com/russia-1-denga-</span><span class="invisible">1749/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numismatics</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coins</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoinCollecting</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>numismatics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1995 - At the Sun World conference in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems introduces the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> interactive <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> language. Code-name during development was Oak.</p><p>It is intended to let programmers write once, run anywhere, meaning that compiled code can run on all platforms without the need to recompile.</p><p>It gained popularity shortly after its release, and has been a popular programming language since then, ranking third most popular in 2022.</p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, is born.</p><p>Best known as the founder and lead designer behind the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> language.</p><p>Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to windowing systems.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/computerscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerscience</span></a></p>
Political Posters Berlin<p>1. Mai: Lasst die Leute frei!</p><p>1993</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/b2905" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>b2905</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1maiberlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1maiberlin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/todayinhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>todayinhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalposter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicalposter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/berlinposter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>berlinposter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knastkonzert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knastkonzert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noprisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noprisons</span></a></p>
dirk dierickx<p><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodayInHistory</span></a> 2005 - <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> unveils the Xbox360 on MTV. </p><p>The 2nd console in the <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> series, part of the 7th generation. Although not the best-selling, it's deemed the most influential through its emphasis on digital media distribution and multiplayer gaming on Xbox Live.</p>