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The history of the board game Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. Elizabeth Magie invented in 1903 a version of The Landlord's Game which was a real estate trading game in which players got rich by monopolizing sets of properties. This game, usually called "monopoly", was played extensively from 1904 through 1931 when it showed up in Atlantic City, New Jersey. There a group of Quaker teachers changed it to a version which was copied by Charles Darrow. The copy was then commercialized by Parker Brothers which claimed that Darrow had invented the game and turned Darrow into a rags to riches embodiment of the American dream. In the 1970s, Professor Ralph Anspach, while defending himself against a trademark infringement suit filed by Parker Brothers and its then parent company, General Mills, against his Anti-Monopoly game, uncovered the true history of the game. Because of the lengthy court process, and appeals, the legal status of Parker Brothers' trademarks on the game was not settled until 1985. The game's name remains a registered trademark of Parker Brothers, as does its specific design elements. International tournaments, first held in the early 1970s, continue to the present day, with the next world championship scheduled for 2008. (more...)
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- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) opens a conference aiming to "review the Holocaust".
- In his final speech in office, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan encourages the United States to provide global leadership whilst respecting multilateralism.
- Incumbent Igor Smirnov wins presidential elections in the internationally unrecognized state of Transnistria.
- Christer Fuglesang, the first Scandinavian in space, and six other astronauts on mission STS-116 arrive at the International Space Station.
- Former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet (age 91) dies one week after suffering a heart attack.
- Marc Ravalomanana is re-elected as President of Madagascar.
[edit] About Me
Not much to say really other than my favourite music genre is rock (more specifically Post-Hardcore Rock or Metal), my favourite pet is the Mongolian gerbil, my favourite colour is red and my favourite food is fish.
My favourite bands are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, System of a Down, Dragonforce, Panic! At The Disco, Trivium and Sepultura.
My Favourite shade of the colour red is crimson.
My favourite type of fish is tuna.
I am also a person who loves to study. I am a great fan of chemistry and am currently in the process of compiling a small slideshow which will contain information of each chemical element and all of its compounds. I am currently on Caesium.
