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IBMs Deep Blue computer defeats world champion chess player Garry Kasparov on May 11, 1997, in their second six-game showdown, winning the tie-breaking game in only 62 minutes
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The Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on Mars on July 4, 1997. The NASA Pathfinder website showing real-time images sent from the Pathfinder on Mars receives more than 100 million hits during its first four days. In response to the popularity, NASA sets up 25 mirror pages to handle the traffic. The site sets a new popularity record
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introduced 802.11 the wireless (WiFi) network standard in June 1997.
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Steve Jobs rejoins Apple on September 16, 1997.
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Gathering of Developers (GOD) Games was founded in January 1998.
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Robert Lansdown passed away on February 17, 1999 (Age: 70).