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1950
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Zenith
introduces "lazy bones" tuning - change all television stations from the comfort of your easy chair. Hand held device plugs
into TV |
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Antihistamines
enter popular use for treatment of allergies and head-colds. |
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Leo Fender's
guitar company introduced their Broadcaster and Esquire models, the first mass-produced solid body electric guitars. |
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Telephone
Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electric. |
1951
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UNIVAC 1 First commercial computer. |
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A.E.C.
(Atomic Energy Commission) produces electricity from atomic energy. |
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Super
glue invented. |
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American
automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation introduces power steering., which they called Hydraguide. |
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Charles
Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR). |
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J. Andre-Thomas
invents the first heart-lung machine, allowing advanced life-support during open-heart surgery. |
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Still
camera gets built-in flash units. |
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1952
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Mr. Potato
Head patented.See the original. |
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The first
patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver |
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American
automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation introduces power steering., which they called Hydraguide. |
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Sony,
a brand new Japanese company, introduces the first pocket-sized transistor radio More |
1953
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Radial
tires invented. |
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The first
musical synthesizer invented by RCA |
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The first
3-D movie is shown: Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil, starring Robert Stack. Learn More |
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Francis
Crick and James Watson discover the ``double helix'' of DNA. |
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Con-Tact
paper debuts |
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Dr. Jonas
Salk announces discovery of the vaccine for poliomyelitis |
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White
Rose Redi-tea is the world's first instant iced tea |
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Dow Chemical
creates Saran Wrap |
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TV color
broadcasting began in 1953 |
1954
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Oral
contraceptives invented. |
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The first
nonstick pan produced. |
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The solar
cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson. |
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The first
successful kidney transplant is performed in the U.S. by Harvard physicians. The patient
will survive for seven more years. |
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General
Electric introduces colored kitchen appliances. Bye, bye white! |
1955
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Tetracycline
invented. |
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Optic
fiber invented |
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Zenith
engineer Eugene Polley invented the "Flashmatic," which represented the industry's first wireless TV remote. |
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Gregory
Pincus develops the first oral contraceptive |
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The first
home microwave ovens are manufactured by Tappan. They cost $1300 which really slows sales! |
1956
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The first
computer hard disk used. |
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The hovercraft
invented by Christopher Cockerell. |
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As a
result of the joint research of Sherman and Smith, the Scotchgard™ Protector was launched in the marketplace |
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Secretary
Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out" later renamed, Liquid Paper |
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Los Alamos
Laboratory discovers the neutrino, an atomic particle with no electric charge. |
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Anti-protons
detected in the atmosphere. |
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The first
commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes
the way television programming is produced. |
1957
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Fortran
(computer language) invented. |
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Velcro
is patented by George de Mestral of Switzerland.
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Eveready
produces "AA" size alkaline batteries |
1958
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The modem
invented. |
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Gordon
Gould invents the laser. |
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The Hula Hoop invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin. |
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The integrated
circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. |
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Sterophonic
recordings, which use two separately recorded channels of sound to recreate a sense of space, come into commercial use. |
1959
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The internal
pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch. In 1959, |
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Joseph-Armand
Bombardier of Valcourt, Quebec, Canada patented the Ski-Doo, originally christened the Ski-Dog, but renamed because
of a typographical error that Bombardier decided not to change. You know it as a snowmobile. |
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