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Kenneth W. BLISS
 1902 - 1919

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1902 
  • French physicist George Claude invents neon light.
  • The birth of the Teddy Bear.
  • The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie.
  • Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
2 1903 
  • Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens.
  • Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
  • Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers.
  • The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
  • William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.
3 1904 
  • Benjamin Holt invents a tractor.
  • Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
4 1905 
  • Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
5 1906 
  • William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
6 1907 
  • Austin Powder Co building explodes at its site at the Five Mile Lock on the Cuyahoga River. That location is presently under the Harvard-Denison Bridge.
  • Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
  • The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu.
7 1908 
  • Cellophane invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger.
  • Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process for making artificial nitrates.
  • J W Geiger and W Müller invent the geiger counter.
  • Model T automobile first sold.
  • The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
8 1909 
  • Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.
  • William Taft president of the USA 1909-1913.
9 1910 
  • George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
  • Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris.
  • Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
10 1911 
  • Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
11 1912 
  • Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.
  • Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
  • The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
12 1913 
  • Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper.
  • Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
  • The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
  • The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now known as, ecstasy.
  • Woodrow Wilson president of the USA 1913-1921.
13 1914 
  • Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
14 1915 
  • Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
15 1916 
  • Radio tuners invented that received different stations.
  • Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly.
16 1918 
  • Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
17 1919 
  • Short-wave radio invented.
  • The arc welder invented.
  • The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
  
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