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Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

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Compact disc

Digital optical disc data storage format

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and is capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in…
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March 2

Day of the year

March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year.
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