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Year |
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| 1 | 1966 | - Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
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| 2 | 1967 | - The first handheld calculator invented.
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1970 | - The daisy-wheel printer invented.
- The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 1973 | - Bic invents the disposable lighter.
- Gene splicing invented.
- The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 1975 | - The laser printer invented.
- The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
- USA Vietnam War Ends
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