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