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Each of the following events happened on May 11. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) The B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announces it has developed a tubeless tire, a technological innovation that makes cars safer and more efficient.
• B) IBM supercomputer Deep Blue makes history by defeating Garry Kasparov in the final game of a six-game match, winning 3.5-2.5. It’s the first time a computer has defeated a reigning world chess champion under standard tournament conditions.
• C) Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler’s “final solution of the Jewish question," is captured in Argentina by Israel’s Mossad agency. He’s soon flown out of Argentina disguised as an Israeli airline worker.
• D) Minnesota, aka the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” enters the Union as the 32nd state. It comes shortly after the territory’s population grew by a factor of ~25 in just seven years.

Hint: Minnesota was the first state to volunteer Union troops for the Civil War

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D, A, C, B

• D) 1858 – Minnesota enters the Union as the 32nd state.
• A) 1947 – B.F. Goodrich develops the first tubeless tire.
• C) 1960 – Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann is captured by Mossad in Argentina.
• B) 1997 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov.