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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

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pinball machine: References & Edit History

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affected by electronic games
- In electronic game: From chess to Spacewar! to Pong

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Deleted Web site: Pinballhistory.com.	Darshana Das	Jun 06, 2013
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - How Pinball Machines Work.	Shiveta Singh	Feb 17, 2009
	Added new Web site: Howstuffworks - Pinball Machines.	Gaurav Shukla	Apr 16, 2008
	Added new Web site: BMI Gaming - The History of Pinball.	Gaurav Shukla	Apr 16, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998