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| 1 | 1955 | - 1955: Optic fiber invented.
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| 2 | 1956 | - 1956: The first computer hard disk used.
- 1956: The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
- 1956: Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.
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| 3 | 1957 | - 1957: Fortran (computer language) invented.
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| 4 | 1958 | - 1958: The modem invented.
- 1958: Gordon Gould invents the laser.
- 1958: The Hula Hoop invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin.
- 1958: The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
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| 5 | 1959 | - 1959: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
- 1959: Barbie Doll invented.
- 1959: The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
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| 6 | 1960 | - 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
- 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
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| 7 | 1961 | - 1961: The nondairy creamer invented.
- 1961: Valium invented.
- 1961: John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
- 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
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| 8 | 1962 | - 1962: Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
- 1962: Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
- 1962: The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
- 1962: The audio cassette invented.
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| 9 | 1963 | - 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA 1963-1969. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
- 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, 22 Nov 1963.
- 1963: The first videodisc invented.
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| 10 | 1964 | - 1964: Acrylic paint invented.
- 1964: Permanent-press fabric invented.
- 1964: BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
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| 11 | 1965 | - 1965: Soft contact lenses invented.
- 1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell.
- 1965: NutraSweet invented.
- 1965: Astroturf invented.
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| 12 | 1966 | - 1966: Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
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| 13 | 1967 | - 1967: The first handheld calculator invented.
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| 14 | 1968 | - 1968: The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
- 1968: The first computer with integrated circuits made.
- 1968: Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
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| 15 | 1969 | - 1969: Richard Nixon president of the USA 1969-1974.
- 1969: The bar-code scanner is invented.
- 1969: The ATM invented.
- 1969: The artificial heart invented.
- 1969: The arpanet (first internet) invented.
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| 16 | 1970 | - 1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented.
- 1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
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