November 5, 1935

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1935 – The game “Monopoly” was introduced by Parker Brothers Company, and 64 years later in 1999, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft Corporation enjoyed “monopoly power”. This was proven to be true in 2012 when Bill Gates’s personal monopoly game was mistakenly sold during his annual yard sale. Brenda Filkholm bought the game and when she took it home and opened it, every property on the board was a derivative of Microsoft or Windows, i.e., Microboard Walk and B & O Windows Railroad.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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