Modern Era · North America · Technology
1997
Deep Blue beats Kasparov
May 11, 1997
IBM's chess computer Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov in a full six-game match. It was the first time a machine had beaten a reigning world champion under tournament conditions. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating. He later wrote that he had felt the computer thinking. Machines had found their first throne.
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Also in 1997 (5 other events on record)
- Hong Kong returned to China · East Asia · Politics
- Asian financial crisis · Southeast Asia · Politics
- Princess Diana dies · Europe · Culture
- Mars Pathfinder lands · North America · Science
- Kyoto Protocol signed · East Asia · Politics
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Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.