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Elizabeth Alice Gross

Female 1938 - 1971  (33 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1938 
  • 1938: Nescafe or freeze-dried coffee invented.
  • 1938: Roy J. Plunkett invented tetrafluoroethylene polymers or Teflon.
  • 1938: The ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
1939 
  • 1939: World War II begins. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. 1939-1945.
  • 1939: Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
1940 
  • 1940: Karl Pabst invents the jeep.
  • 1940: Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
1941 
  • 1941: Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
1942 
  • 1942: John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
1943 
  • 1943: Richard James invents the slinky.
  • 1943: James Wright invent silly putty.
  • 1943: Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
  • 1943: Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invent the aqualung.
1944 
  • 1944: Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
  • 1944: The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
1945 
  • 1945: Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
  • 1945: The atomic bomb invented.
  • 1945: World War II ends.
1946 
  • 1946: The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
10 1947 
  • 1947: Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal.
  • 1947: Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor.
  • 1947: Mobile phones first invented.
  • 1947: British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography.
11 1948 
  • 1948: The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
  • 1948: Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral.
  • 1948: Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
12 1949 
  • 1949: Cake mix invented.
13 1950 
  • 1950: Korean War: United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China 1950-1953.
  • 1950: The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.
14 1951 
  • 1951: Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
  • 1951: Super glue invented.
  • 1951: Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
15 1952 
  • 1952: Elizabeth II. Ruler of England 1952-present. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Elder daughter of George VI, acceded Feb 6, 1956.
  • 1952: Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
  • 1952: The first diet soft drink sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch.
  • 1952: The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
  • 1952: Mr. Potato Head patented.
16 1953 
  • 1953: Dwight Eisenhower president of the USA 1953-1961.
  • 1953: Radial tires invented.
  • 1953: The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA.
  • 1953: Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments.
17 1954 
  • 1954: Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
  • 1954: Oral contraceptives invented.
  • 1954: The first nonstick pan produced.
  • 1954: The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
18 1955 
  • 1955: Optic fiber invented.
19 1956 
  • 1956: Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.
  • 1956: The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell.
  • 1956: The first computer hard disk used.
20 1957 
  • 1957: Fortran (computer language) invented.
21 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.
22 1959 
  • 1959: The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
  • 1959: Barbie Doll invented.
  • 1959: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
23 1960 
  • 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
  • 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
24 1961 
  • 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
  • 1961: John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
  • 1961: Valium invented.
  • 1961: The nondairy creamer invented.
25 1962 
  • 1962: Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
  • 1962: The audio cassette invented.
  • 1962: Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
  • 1962: The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
26 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.
27 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.
28 1965 
  • 1965: Astroturf invented.
  • 1965: Soft contact lenses invented.
  • 1965: NutraSweet invented.
  • 1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell.
29 1966 
  • 1966: Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
30 1967 
  • 1967: The first handheld calculator invented.
31 1968 
  • 1968: The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • 1968: Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
  • 1968: The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
32 1969 
  • 1969: The arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • 1969: The artificial heart invented.
  • 1969: The ATM invented.
  • 1969: The bar-code scanner is invented.
  • 1969: Richard Nixon president of the USA 1969-1974.
33 1970 
  • 1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • 1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
34 1971 
  • 1971: The dot-matrix printer invented.
  • 1971: The food processor invented.
  • 1971: The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • 1971: The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • 1971: VCR or videocassette recorder invented.