Alexey Pajitnov As a child, he was a fan of puzzles and played with pentomino toys. In creating "Tetris," he drew inspiration from these toys. Pajitnov created "Tetris" with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in 1986. Pajitnov also created a sequel to "Tetris", entitled "Welltris", which has the same principle but in a three dimensional environment where the player sees the playing area from above. "Tetris" was licensed and managed by Soviet company ELORG, which had a monopoly on the import and export of computer
25th anniversary of Hamas 25th anniversary of Hamas The 25th anniversary of the founding of Hamas took place on Saturday, December 8, 2012. A rally involving Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians was held in Gaza Strip and various celebrations were conducted all over the Palestinian Authority. Thousands of jubilant Hamas supporters openly raised green flags in the West Bank, to celebrate the Islamic organisation's 25th anniversary. The guest of honor at the ceremony was Hamas leader in-exile Khaled Mashal, who arrived in Gaza Strip for the first time in his life, after entering the Gaza strip through Egypt. In his speech, which Mashal gave