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Richard Lee MC MICHAEL
 1961 - 1989

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1961 
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
  • John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
  • The nondairy creamer invented.
  • Valium invented.
2 1962 
  • Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
  • Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
  • The audio cassette invented.
  • The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
3 1963 
  • John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, 22 Nov 1963.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA 1963-1969. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
  • The first videodisc invented.
4 1964 
  • Acrylic paint invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
  • Permanent-press fabric invented.
5 1965 
  • Astroturf invented.
  • NutraSweet invented.
  • Soft contact lenses invented.
  • The compact disk invented by James Russell.
6 1966 
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
7 1967 
  • The first handheld calculator invented.
8 1968 
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
9 1969 
  • Richard Nixon president of the USA 1969-1974.
  • The arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • The artificial heart invented.
  • The ATM invented.
  • The bar-code scanner is invented.
10 1970 
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
11 1971 
  • The dot-matrix printer invented.
  • The food processor invented.
  • The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
12 1972 
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • The word processor invented.
13 1973 
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
14 1974 
  • Gerald Ford president of the USA 1974-1977.
  • Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
  • Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office. His decision was announced 8 Aug 1974.
  • The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
15 1975 
  • The laser printer invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
  • USA Vietnam War Ends
16 1976 
  • The ink-jet printer invented.
17 1977 
  • Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
18 1978 
  • The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
19 1979 
  • Cellular phones invented.
  • Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • Scott Olson invents roller blades.
  • Walkman invented.
20 1980 
  • The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
21 1981 
  • MS-DOS invented.
  • Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • The first IBM-PC invented.
22 1982 
  • Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
23 1983 
  • First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • Grenada: United States Intervention 1983.
  • Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality."
  • Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
24 1984 
  • The Apple Macintosh invented.
  • The CD-ROM invented.
25 1985 
  • Windows program invented by Microsoft.
26 1986 
  • Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
27 1987 
  • Disposable contact lenses invented.
  • The first 3-D video game invented.
28 1988 
  • Digital cellular phones invented.
  • Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
  • Prozac® invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
  • The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
  • The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
29 1989 
  • George H.W. Bush president of the USA 1989-1993.
  • High-definition television invented.
  • US Invasion of Panama: United States vs Panama 1989-1990.
  
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