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1951
  • Super glue invented.
  • Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
1952
  • 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.
  • Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
1953
  • Radial tires invented.
  • The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA.
  • David Warren invented the black box - flight recorder.
  • Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments.
1954
  • Oral contraceptives invented.
  • The first nonstick pan produced.
  • The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
  • Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
1955
  • Tetracycline invented.
  • Optic fiber invented.
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.
1957
  • Fortran (computer language) invented.
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.
1959
  • The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
  • Barbie Doll invented.
  • Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
1960
  • The halogen lamp invented.
1961
  • Valium invented.
  • The nondairy creamer invented.
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.
1963
  • The first videodisc invented.
1964
  • Acrylic paint invented.
  • Permanent-press fabric invented.
  • BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
1965
  • Astroturf invented.
  • Soft contact lenses invented.
  • NutraSweet invented.
  • The compact disk invented by James Russell.
  • Kevlar invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek.
1966
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
1967
  • The first handheld calculator invented.
1968
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
1969
  • The arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • The artificial heart invented.
  • The ATM invented.
  • The bar-code scanner is invented.
1970
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
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.
1972
  • The word processor invented.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
1973
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
1974
  • The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
  • Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
1975
  • The laser printer invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can invented.

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