The supercomputer Deep Blue a chess-playing system developed by IBM. It took on reigning world champion Garry Kasparov and won the first game on this day even though Kasparov ended up winning the match 4-2. Nevertheless, Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in a rematch the following year.
Other notable events on February 10th:
In 2009, US satellite “Iridium 33” and Russian satellite “Kosmos 2251” accidentally collide in space and are destroyed.
In 1964 Bob Dylan’s album “The Times They Are A-Changin’” is released.
- In 1763, The Treaty of Paris is signed, laying to rest the territorial conflicts between France and Britain during the Seven Years’ War.
Photo by Pedro Villavicencio
