Feb. 10: Chess Champ Falls to Computer 1996
1989 Ron Brown Elected DNC Chairman
Ron Brown becomes the first African-American to lead a major U.S. political party. He was elected to head the Democratic National Committee.
1996 Deep Blue Defeats Chess Champion Kasparov
Man vs.. Machine: IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in game one. The first game lasted about three hours. Kasparov did go on to win the six-game match, winning three of the remaining games and tying the other two.
2006 New Tomb Discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved ancient tomb in Egypt.
Famous Birthdays
1930 E.L. Konigsburg
1930 Robert Wagner
1950 Mark Spitz
1951 Bob Iger
1955 Jim Cramer
1961 Alexander Payne
1961 George Stephanopoulos
1964 Glenn Beck
1967 Laura Dern
1974 Elizabeth Banks
1991 Emma Roberts
1997 Chloe Moretz
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