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| 1  | 1950  | - Korean War:  United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China 1950-1953.
 
- The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.
 
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| 2  | 1951  | - Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
 
- Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
 
- Super glue invented.
 
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| 3  | 1952  | - Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
 
- Elizabeth II.  Ruler of England 1952-present. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Elder daughter of George VI, acceded Feb 6, 1956.
 
- Mr. Potato Head patented.
 
- The first diet soft drink sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch.
 
- The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
 
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| 4  | 1953  | - Dwight Eisenhower president of the USA 1953-1961.
 
- Radial tires invented.
 
- The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA.
 
- Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments.
 
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| 5  | 1954  | - Oral contraceptives invented.
 
- Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
 
- The first nonstick pan produced.
 
- The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
 
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| 6  | 1955  |  | 
| 7  | 1956  | - Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.
 
- The first computer hard disk used.
 
- The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
 
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| 8  | 1957  | - Fortran (computer language) invented.
 
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| 9  | 1958  | - Gordon Gould invents the laser.
 
- The Hula Hoop invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin.
 
- The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
 
- The modem invented.
 
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| 10  | 1959  | - Barbie Doll invented.
 
- Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
 
- The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
 
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| 11  | 1960  | - The halogen lamp invented.
 
- USA Vietnam War Begins"
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