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Events

In 1952, the first video game ever made, OXO
(also known as Noughts and Crosses) by A. S. Douglas. OXO was written for the EDSAC computer. The game was a Tic-tac-toe based game, played against the computer, and although OXO never gained any real popularity, because the EDSAC was available only at Cambridge, it was still a milestone in the history of video games.

Births

November 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of The Legend of Zelda, Mario, and Donkey Kong.

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