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Mary K. ANITAS
 1966 - 1999

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   Year  Event(s)
1 1966 
  • Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
2 1967 
  • The first handheld calculator invented.
3 1968 
  • Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
  • The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • The first computer with integrated circuits made.
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.
5 1970 
  • The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
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.
7 1972 
  • Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
  • Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • The word processor invented.
8 1973 
  • Bic invents the disposable lighter.
  • Gene splicing invented.
  • The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
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.
10 1975 
  • The laser printer invented.
  • The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
  • USA Vietnam War Ends
11 1976 
  • The ink-jet printer invented.
12 1977 
  • Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
13 1978 
  • The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
14 1979 
  • Cellular phones invented.
  • Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • Scott Olson invents roller blades.
  • Walkman invented.
15 1980 
  • The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
16 1981 
  • MS-DOS invented.
  • Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • The first IBM-PC invented.
17 1982 
  • Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
18 1983 
  • First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • Grenada: United States Intervention 1983.
  • Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality."
  • Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
19 1984 
  • The Apple Macintosh invented.
  • The CD-ROM invented.
20 1985 
  • Windows program invented by Microsoft.
21 1986 
  • Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
22 1987 
  • Disposable contact lenses invented.
  • The first 3-D video game invented.
23 1988 
  • Digital cellular phones 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.
  • The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
24 1989 
  • George H.W. Bush president of the USA 1989-1993.
  • High-definition television invented.
  • US Invasion of Panama: United States vs Panama 1989-1990.
25 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.
26 1991 
  • The digital answering machine invented.
27 1993 
  • The pentium processor invented.
  • William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
28 1994 
  • HIV protease inhibitor invented.
29 1995 
  • DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented.
  • Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia 1995-1996.
  • The Java computer language invented.
30 1996 
  • Web TV invented.
31 1997 
  • Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars in 1997.
32 1998 
  • Viagra® invented.
33 1999 
  • Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
  
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