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May 11

3 sourced moments from May 11 in history: Peter Stuyvesant Arrives to Lead New Amsterdam (1647); Israeli agents capture Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann in Argentina (1960); and IBM's Deep Blue defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov (1997).

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3 things happened on May 11

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1997 Technology · Computing & AI

IBM's Deep Blue defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov

In a New York television studio, a machine beat a reigning world champion over a full match for the first time.

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1960 History · Modern

Israeli agents capture Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann in Argentina

Mossad operatives seized one of the Holocaust's chief organizers on a Buenos Aires street, ending years on the run.

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1647 History · Modern

Peter Stuyvesant Arrives to Lead New Amsterdam

A peg-legged ex-soldier sailed into a muddy Dutch trading post in 1647 and spent 17 years turning it into a city.

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