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Donald Robert CARPENTER
 1924 - 1975

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1924 
  • The dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
  • Notebooks with spiral bindings invented.
2 1925 
  • The mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
3 1926 
  • Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
4 1927 
  • JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch.
  • Philo Taylor Farnsworth invents a complete electronic TV system.
  • Technicolor invented.
  • Erik Rotheim patents an aerosol can.
  • Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock.
  • Philip Drinker invents the iron lung.
5 1928 
  • Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
  • Bubble gum invented by Walter E. Diemer.
  • Jacob Schick patented the electric shaver.
6 1929 
  • Herbert Hoover president of the USA 1929-1933.
  • American, Paul Galvin invents the car radio.
  • Yo-Yo re-invented as an American fad.
7 1930 
  • Scotch tape patented by 3M engineer Richard G. Drew.
  • The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston.
  • Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine.
8 1931 
  • Harold Edgerton invented stop-action photography.
  • Germans Max Knott and Ernst Ruska co-invent the electron microscope.
9 1932 
  • Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
10 1933 
  • Franklin Roosevelt president of the USA 1933-1945.
  • Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong.
  • Stereo records invented.
11 1934 
  • Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
  • Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording.
12 1935 
  • Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon (polymer 6.6.).
  • The first canned beer made.
13 1936 
  • 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.
  • Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
  • Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver.
14 1937 
  • Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
15 1938 
  • The ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
  • Roy J. Plunkett invented tetrafluoroethylene polymers or Teflon.
  • Nescafe or freeze-dried coffee invented.
16 1939 
  • World War II begins. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. 1939-1945.
  • Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
17 1940 
  • Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
  • Karl Pabst invents the jeep.
18 1941 
  • Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
19 1942 
  • John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
20 1943 
  • Richard James invents the slinky.
  • James Wright invent silly putty.
  • Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
  • Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invent the aqualung.
21 1944 
  • The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
  • Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
22 1945 
  • World War II ends.
  • Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
  • The atomic bomb invented.
23 1946 
  • The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
24 1947 
  • British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography.
  • Mobile phones first invented.
  • Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor.
  • Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal.
25 1948 
  • The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
  • Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
  • Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
26 1949 
  • Cake mix invented.
27 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.
28 1951 
  • Super glue invented.
  • Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
29 1952 
  • 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 patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
  • The first diet soft drink sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch.
  • Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
30 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.
31 1954 
  • Oral contraceptives invented.
  • The first nonstick pan produced.
  • The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
  • Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
32 1955 
  • Optic fiber invented.
33 1956 
  • The first computer hard disk used.
  • The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
  • Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.
34 1957 
  • Fortran (computer language) invented.
35 1958 
  • The modem invented.
  • 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.
36 1959 
  • The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
  • Barbie Doll invented.
  • Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
37 1960 
  • USA Vietnam War Begins" "2
  • The halogen lamp invented.
38 1961 
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
  • John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
  • Valium invented.
  • The nondairy creamer invented.
39 1962 
  • The audio cassette invented.
  • The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
  • Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
  • Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
40 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.
41 1964 
  • Acrylic paint invented.
  • Permanent-press fabric invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
42 1965 
  • Astroturf invented.
  • Soft contact lenses invented.
  • NutraSweet invented.
  • The compact disk invented by James Russell.
43 1966 
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
44 1967 
  • The first handheld calculator invented.
45 1968 
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
46 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.
47 1970 
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
48 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.
49 1972 
  • The word processor invented.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
50 1973 
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
51 1974 
  • Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office. His decision was announced 8 Aug 1974.
  • Gerald Ford president of the USA 1974-1977.
  • The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
  • Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
52 1975 
  • USA Vietnam War Ends
  • The laser printer invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
  
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