📜 February 10: On This Day in History |  | A Stardust is born |  Image: Rolling Stone | Each of the following events happened on February 10. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) David Bowie debuts the spaceman character Ziggy Stardust during a concert at a London-area pub. Ziggy Stardust is a fictional androgynous rock star who’s sent to Earth as a saviour before an impending apocalyptic disaster. The album is regarded as Bowie’s masterpiece and propelled him into stardom.
- B) Duct tape is first created after Vesta Stoudt, a factory worker packing WWII munitions, writes to President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlining her idea to replace weak paper packing tape with a tougher, waterproof cloth version. Impressed, FDR pushes her idea into production.
- C) The Seven Years’ War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.
- D) World chess champion Garry Kasparov loses a game to a computer named Deep Blue in a landmark event for programming.
Hint: Subtract six years from the Seven Years' War to get its placement. |
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🏆 Friday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In | | 🏛️ THE GREATEST ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF ALL TIME - Art deco
- Classical (Greek & Roman)
- Renaissance
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- Mid-century modern
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📜 Answers | | C, B, A, D - C) 1763 – The Seven Years’ War, also known as the French and Indian War, ends.
- B) 1943 – Duct tape is created.
- A) 1972 – David Bowie debuts the spaceman character Ziggy Stardust.
- D) 1996 – World chess champion Garry Kasparov loses a game to a computer. However, man ultimately proves victorious over machine, with Kasparov eventually winning the overall six-game match.
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