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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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| 12  | 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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| 13  | 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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| 14  | 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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| 15  | 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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| 16  | 1965  | - Astroturf invented.
 
- NutraSweet invented.
 
- Soft contact lenses invented.
 
- The compact disk invented by James Russell.
 
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| 17  | 1966  | - Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
 
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| 18  | 1967  | - The first handheld calculator invented.
 
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| 19  | 1968  | - Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
 
- The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
 
- The first computer with integrated circuits made.
 
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| 20  | 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.
 
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| 21  | 1970  | - The daisy-wheel printer invented.
 
- The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
 
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| 22  | 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.
 
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| 23  | 1972  | - Hacky SackĀ® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
 
- Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
 
- The word processor invented.
 
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| 24  | 1973  | - Bic invents the disposable lighter.
 
- Gene splicing invented.
 
- The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
 
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| 25  | 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.
 
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| 26  | 1975  | - The laser printer invented.
 
- The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
 
- USA Vietnam War Ends
 
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