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| 1 | 1947 | - 1947: British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography.
- 1947: Mobile phones first invented.
- 1947: Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor.
- 1947: Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal.
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| 2 | 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.
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| 4 | 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.
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| 5 | 1951 | - 1951: Super glue invented.
- 1951: Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
- 1951: Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
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| 6 | 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: Mr. Potato Head patented.
- 1952: The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
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| 7 | 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.
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| 8 | 1954 | - 1954: Oral contraceptives invented.
- 1954: The first nonstick pan produced.
- 1954: The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson.
- 1954: Ray Kroc started McDonalds.
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| 9 | 1955 | - 1955: Optic fiber invented.
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| 10 | 1956 | - 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.
- 1956: The first computer hard disk used.
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| 11 | 1957 | - 1957: Fortran (computer language) invented.
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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1959 | - 1959: The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
- 1959: Barbie Doll invented.
- 1959: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
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| 14 | 1960 | - 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
- 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
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1947 - 1960 (13 years)