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Year |
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| 1 | 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.
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| 2 | 1944 | - Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
- The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
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| 3 | 1945 | - Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
- The atomic bomb invented.
- World War II ends.
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| 4 | 1946 | - The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
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| 5 | 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.
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| 6 | 1948 | - Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
- The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
- Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
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| 7 | 1949 | |
| 8 | 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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| 9 | 1951 | - Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
- Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
- Super glue invented.
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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1955 | |
| 14 | 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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| 15 | 1957 | - Fortran (computer language) invented.
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| 16 | 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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| 17 | 1959 | - Barbie Doll invented.
- Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
- The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
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| 18 | 1960 | - The halogen lamp invented.
- USA Vietnam War Begins"
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| 19 | 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.
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| 20 | 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.
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| 21 | 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.
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| 22 | 1964 | - Acrylic paint invented.
- BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
- Permanent-press fabric invented.
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| 23 | 1965 | - Astroturf invented.
- NutraSweet invented.
- Soft contact lenses invented.
- The compact disk invented by James Russell.
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