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"Space Invaders" debuts on Atari 2600. Programmer Rick Mauer earns only $11,000 for the game, which grosses over $100 million
"PacMan" debuts on Atari 2600. Programmer Tod Frye earns $1 million for the pathetic game, which, along with "E.T.", hastens the crash of the video game industry
Lizzie Magie patents "The Landlord's Game", which satirizes the evils of capitalism. It is later copied by Charles Darrow and sold to Parker Brothers
as "Monopoly"
"The "California Star" newspaper states that entire towns are being “drained of human beings” as people rush to the gold fields.
The “California Star" publishes last newpaper, as the entire staff flees to the gold fields the following day.
Stanford Physics professor Sebastian Doniach publishes a lament that the “dotcom goldrush” is draining the top talent away from careers in academia.
A fuzzy bag of beans called "Peanut, the Royal Blue Elephant" sells for $4,200 at an online auction
A zero-revenue online greeting card company called "Blue Mountain" sells for $780,000,000 to Excite
After single-handedly destroying the 232-year old Barings Bank, 28-year old trader Nick Leeson flees, leaving a note that reads, "I'm sorry"