Anniversaries/August 9
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- 1996 — Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver are released for Windows PCs in Japan.
- 2000 — Issue #187 of Sonic the Comic is released in the United Kingdom.
- 2006 — Issue #165 of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series by Archie Comics is released in North America.
- 2008 — The first Sonic-focused fan convention, Summer of Sonic, takes place at Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust in London, UK.
- 2016 — Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is made available for digital download on the Nintendo eShop in Europe.
- 2017 — Sonic Runners Adventure is released for J2ME compatible phones in North America and the United Kingdom.
- 2023 — The Fast Friends Forever campaign is launched.