360What happened in 1996?
4 moments from 1996 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 10 February 1996
A computer beats the world chess champion in a game
On 10 February 1996, IBM's Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion, in the first game of a match in Philadelphia. Kasparov came back to win the match, but in a rematch in 1997 Deep Blue won overall, a milestone for artificial intelligence.
- 1996 · from The James Webb Space Telescope is launched
Planning for the telescope begins
- February 1996 · from IBM's Deep Blue beats the world chess champion
Kasparov beats Deep Blue 4–2
- 1996 · from The 1990s: the World Wide Web goes public
Dolly the sheep cloned