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Year |
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| 1 | 1980 | - The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
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| 2 | 1981 | - MS-DOS invented.
- Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
- The first IBM-PC invented.
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| 3 | 1982 | - Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
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| 4 | 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.
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| 5 | 1984 | - The Apple Macintosh invented.
- The CD-ROM invented.
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| 6 | 1985 | - Windows program invented by Microsoft.
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| 7 | 1986 | - Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
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| 8 | 1987 | - Disposable contact lenses invented.
- The first 3-D video game invented.
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| 9 | 1988 | - Digital cellular phones invented.
- Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
- ProzacĀ® 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.
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| 10 | 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.
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| 11 | 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.
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| 12 | 1991 | - The digital answering machine invented.
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| 13 | 1993 | - The pentium processor invented.
- William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
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| 14 | 1994 | - HIV protease inhibitor invented.
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| 15 | 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.
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| 16 | 1996 | |