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Richard GLOD, [child]
 1941 - 1952

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1941 
  • Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
2 1942 
  • John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
3 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.
4 1944 
  • Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
  • The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
5 1945 
  • Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
  • The atomic bomb invented.
  • World War II ends.
6 1946 
  • The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
7 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.
8 1948 
  • Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
  • The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
  • Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
9 1949 
  • Cake mix invented.
10 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.
11 1951 
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
  • Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Super glue invented.
12 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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