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   Year  Event(s)
1 1946 
  • The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
2 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.
3 1948 
  • The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
  • Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
  • Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
4 1949 
  • Cake mix invented.
5 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.
6 1951 
  • Super glue invented.
  • Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
7 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.
8 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.
9 1954 
  • Oral contraceptives invented.
  • The first nonstick pan produced.
  • The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
  • Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
10 1955 
  • Optic fiber invented.
11 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.
12 1957 
  • Fortran (computer language) invented.
13 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.
14 1959 
  • The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
  • Barbie Doll invented.
  • Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
15 1960 
  • USA Vietnam War Begins" "2
  • The halogen lamp invented.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
19 1964 
  • Acrylic paint invented.
  • Permanent-press fabric invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
20 1965 
  • Astroturf invented.
  • Soft contact lenses invented.
  • NutraSweet invented.
  • The compact disk invented by James Russell.
21 1966 
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
22 1967 
  • The first handheld calculator invented.
23 1968 
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
24 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.
25 1970 
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
26 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.
27 1972 
  • The word processor invented.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
28 1973 
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
29 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.
30 1975 
  • USA Vietnam War Ends
  • The laser printer invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
31 1976 
  • The ink-jet printer invented.
32 1977 
  • Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
33 1978 
  • The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
34 1979 
  • Cellular phones invented.
  • Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • Walkman invented.
  • Scott Olson invents roller blades.
35 1980 
  • The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
36 1981 
  • Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • MS-DOS invented.
  • The first IBM-PC invented.
37 1982 
  • Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
38 1983 
  • Grenada: United States Intervention 1983.
  • Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
  • First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality."
39 1984 
  • The CD-ROM invented.
  • The Apple Macintosh invented.
40 1985 
  • Windows program invented by Microsoft.
41 1986 
  • Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
42 1987 
  • The first 3-D video game invented.
  • Disposable contact lenses invented.
43 1988 
  • Digital cellular phones invented.
  • The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
  • Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
  • Prozac® invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
  • The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
44 1989 
  • US Invasion of Panama: United States vs Panama 1989-1990.
  • George H.W. Bush president of the USA 1989-1993.
  • High-definition television invented.
45 1990 
  • Persian Gulf War: United States and Coalition Forces vs Iraq 1990-1991.
  • The World Wide Web/Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee.
46 1991 
  • The digital answering machine invented.
47 1993 
  • William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
  • The pentium processor invented.
48 1994 
  • HIV protease inhibitor invented.
49 1995 
  • Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia 1995-1996.
  • The Java computer language invented.
  • DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented.
50 1996 
  • Web TV invented.
51 1997 
  • Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars in 1997.
52 1998 
  • Viagra® invented.
  
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