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Female 1971 -


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   Date  Event(s)
1971 
  • 1971: The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • 1971: The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • 1971: The food processor invented.
  • 1971: The dot-matrix printer invented.
  • 1971: VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
1972 
  • 1972: The word processor invented.
  • 1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • 1972: Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
1973 
  • 1973: Gene splicing invented.
  • 1973: The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • 1973: Bic invents the disposable lighter.
1974 
  • 1974: Gerald Ford president of the USA 1974-1977.
  • 1974: Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office. His decision was announced 8 Aug 1974.
  • 1974: The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
  • 1974: Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
1975 
  • 1975: USA Vietnam War Ends
  • 1975: The laser printer invented.
  • 1975: The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
1976 
  • 1976: The ink-jet printer invented.
1977 
  • 1977: Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • 1977: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
1978 
  • 1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
1979 
  • 1979: Scott Olson invents roller blades.
  • 1979: Walkman invented.
  • 1979: Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • 1979: Cellular phones invented.
10 1980 
  • 1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
11 1981 
  • 1981: The first IBM-PC invented.
  • 1981: Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • 1981: MS-DOS invented.
12 1982 
  • 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
13 1983 
  • 1983: Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality."
  • 1983: Grenada: United States Intervention 1983.
  • 1983: First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
  • 1983: Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
14 1984 
  • 1984: The CD-ROM invented.
  • 1984: The Apple Macintosh invented.
15 1985 
  • 1985: Windows program invented by Microsoft.
16 1986 
  • 1986: Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
17 1987 
  • 1987: Disposable contact lenses invented.
  • 1987: The first 3-D video game invented.
18 1988 
  • 1988: The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
  • 1988: Prozac® invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.
  • 1988: Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
  • 1988: The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
  • 1988: Digital cellular phones invented.
19 1989 
  • 1989: US Invasion of Panama: United States vs Panama 1989-1990.
  • 1989: High-definition television invented.
  • 1989: George H.W. Bush president of the USA 1989-1993.
20 1990 
  • 1990: Persian Gulf War: United States and Coalition Forces vs Iraq 1990-1991.
  • 1990: The World Wide Web/Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee.
21 1991 
  • 1991: The digital answering machine invented.
22 1993 
  • 1993: The pentium processor invented.
  • 1993: William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
23 1994 
  • 1994: HIV protease inhibitor invented.
24 1995 
  • 1995: Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia 1995-1996.
  • 1995: The Java computer language invented.
  • 1995: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented.
25 1996 
  • 1996: Web TV invented.
26 1997 
  • 1997: Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars in 1997.
27 1998 
  • 1998: Viagra® invented.
28 1999 
  • 1999: Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
29 2001 
  • 2001: 11 Sep 2001 attack on New York's World Trade Center, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, USA.
  • 2001: George W. Bush president of the USA 2001-present.
30 2003 
  • 2003: Invasion of Iraq: United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq 2003-present.