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March 24, 1629

On March 24, 1629, Virginia passed the first game laws in the American colonies. It was determined that landing on “Free Parking” and collecting $200 quid plus all fines collected was a ‘house rule’ and should be stated before play commenced. Also, all grandmothers cheat at rummy and it is to be expected, so complaints … Continue reading

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May 11, 1997

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997 Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, lost his first ever multi-game match. He lost to IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue and it was the first time a computer had beaten a world-champion human player. Hal and Skynet e-mailed their congratulations to Deep Blue the next day at the same … Continue reading

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December 21, 1913

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1913, the “New York World” Sunday edition included a crossword puzzle as an added feature of the “Fun” supplement. It was the first crossword puzzle to be published (according to the ‘New York World’) and the question “pen vs pencil” was forever added to all dating establishments.

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November 5, 1935

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 … Continue reading

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August 18, 2004

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY in 2004 Donald Trump re-released his board game (Trump the Game) where players bid on real estate, buy big ticket money items (yachts, diamonds, toupees, expensive escorts, sports cars, airplanes and etc.) and broker billion dollar deals. The game was originally released in 1989 and at that time, the owners … Continue reading

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June 27, 1358

In 1358 – the Republic of Dubrovnik was founded and lasted until 1808, when Napoleon ran over to it in his large scale game of RISK and pushed down its walls (since it was really just a City-State in present day Croatia) and declared ‘You FOOLS! Only I can consolidate Europe and win this game. … Continue reading

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