08-05-2003, 10:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: near Chicago
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In 1889, the year Nintendo was founded in Japan (remember they were known for making playing cards for a long long time, and got into video games at the end of the 70s/start of the 80s):
* The screw-top bottle is patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Yorkshire, England.
* A dock strike cripples the city of London.
* The punch-card information storage system is developed by H. Hollerith.
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