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Donald M. DYLAG
 1933 - 1957

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1933 
  • Franklin Roosevelt president of the USA 1933-1945.
  • Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong.
  • Stereo records invented.
2 1934 
  • Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
  • Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording.
3 1935 
  • The first canned beer made.
  • Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon (polymer 6.6.).
4 1936 
  • Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
  • Edward VIII. Ruler of England 1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Eldest son of George V.
  • George VI. Ruler of England 1936-1952. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
  • Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver.
5 1937 
  • Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
6 1938 
  • Nescafe or freeze-dried coffee invented.
  • Roy J. Plunkett invented tetrafluoroethylene polymers or Teflon.
  • The ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
7 1939 
  • Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
  • World War II begins. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. 1939-1945.
8 1940 
  • Karl Pabst invents the jeep.
  • Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
9 1941 
  • Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
10 1942 
  • John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
11 1943 
  • Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invent the aqualung.
  • James Wright invent silly putty.
  • Richard James invents the slinky.
  • Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
12 1944 
  • Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
  • The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
13 1945 
  • Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
  • The atomic bomb invented.
  • World War II ends.
14 1946 
  • The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
15 1947 
  • Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor.
  • British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography.
  • Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal.
  • Mobile phones first invented.
16 1948 
  • Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
  • The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
  • Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
17 1949 
  • Cake mix invented.
18 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.
19 1951 
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
  • Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Super glue invented.
20 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.
21 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.
22 1954 
  • Oral contraceptives invented.
  • Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
  • The first nonstick pan produced.
  • The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
23 1955 
  • Optic fiber invented.
24 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.
25 1957 
  • Fortran (computer language) invented.
  
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