Ranked as the 259th most powerful computer in the world, Deep Blue was able to evaluate 200 million separate chess positions per second.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Although the patent for the game was awarded to Darrow, it is now widely recognised that he was just one of many people who developed the complex design and rules that we now know as Monopoly.
On the 21st December 1913, the first modern crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World newspaper.
On the 31st December 1935, the board game Monopoly was patented.
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3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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