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    Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and the man who brought us Pong, also founded the Chuck E. Cheese pizza chain.

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The Williamsburg reservoir dam collapsed, killing 139 people

On the 16th May, 1874, the Williamsburg reservoir dam in Massachusetts, U.S., collapsed, causing a flood that swept through the factories and villages in it’s path.

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