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| 1 | 1881 | - 1881: James Garfield president of the USA 1881. James Garfield wounded by assassin's bullet on 3 Jul 1881 and dies 19 Sep 1881.
- 1881: Chester A. Arthur president of the USA 1881-1885. Chester A. Arthur, vice president under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield.
- 1881: Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano.
- 1881: Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector.
- 1881: David Houston patents the roll film for cameras.
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| 2 | 1884 | - 1884: George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.
- 1884: Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen.
- 1884: Charles Parson patents the steam turbine.
- 1884: James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
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| 3 | 1885 | - 1885: Harim Maxim invents a machine gun.
- 1885: Grover Cleveland president of the USA 1885-1889.
- 1885: Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle.
- 1885: Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
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| 4 | 1886 | - 1886: John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
- 1886: Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher.
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| 5 | 1887 | - 1887: German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
- 1887: Emile Berliner invents the gramophone.
- 1887: F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lenses.
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| 6 | 1888 | - 1888: Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws.
- 1888: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire.
- 1888: Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer.
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| 7 | 1889 | - 1889: Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
- 1889: Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook.
- 1889: Benjamin Harrison president of the USA 1889-1893.
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| 8 | 1891 | - 1891: Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator.
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| 9 | 1892 | - 1892: Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
- 1892: Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.
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| 10 | 1893 | - 1893: Grover Cleveland president of the USA 1893-1897.
- 1893: American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
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| 11 | 1895 | - 1895: Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
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| 12 | 1896 | - 1896: American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
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| 13 | 1897 | - 1897: William McKinley president of the USA 1897-1901. William McKinley dies in Buffalo, NY, 1901.
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| 14 | 1898 | - 1898: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster.
- 1898: Spanish-American War: United States vs Spain 1898.
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| 15 | 1899 | - 1899: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
- 1899: I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
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| 16 | 1900 | - 1900: The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
- 1900: Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
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| 17 | 1901 | - 1901: King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor.
- 1901: The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission.
- 1901: Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.
- 1901: Edward VII. Ruler of England 1901-1910. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark.
- 1901: Theodore Roosevelt president of the USA 1901-1909. Theodore Roosevelt, vice president under William McKinley, sworn in as president upon death of McKinley.
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| 18 | 1902 | - 1902: Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
- 1902: French physicist George Claude invents neon light.
- 1902: The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie.
- 1902: The birth of the Teddy Bear.
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| 19 | 1903 | - 1903: Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
- 1903: Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens.
- 1903: The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
- 1903: Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers.
- 1903: William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.
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| 20 | 1904 | - 1904: Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
- 1904: Benjamin Holt invents a tractor.
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| 21 | 1905 | - 1905: Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
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| 22 | 1906 | - 1906: William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
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| 23 | 1907 | - 1907: The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu.
- 1907: Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
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| 24 | 1908 | - 1908: The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
- 1908: Cellophane invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger.
- 1908: Model T automobile first sold.
- 1908: J W Geiger and W Müller invent the geiger counter.
- 1908: Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process for making artificial nitrates.
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| 25 | 1909 | - 1909: Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.
- 1909: William Taft president of the USA 1909-1913.
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| 26 | 1910 | - 1910: George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
- 1910: Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris.
- 1910: Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
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| 27 | 1911 | - 1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
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| 28 | 1912 | - 1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
- 1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
- 1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.
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| 29 | 1913 | - 1913: Woodrow Wilson president of the USA 1913-1921.
- 1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper.
- 1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
- 1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now known as, ecstasy.
- 1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
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| 30 | 1914 | - 1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
- 1914: World War I begins. Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
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| 31 | 1915 | - 1915: Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
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| 32 | 1916 | - 1916: Radio tuners invented that received different stations.
- 1916: Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly.
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| 33 | 1918 | - 1918: Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
- 1918: World War I ends.
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1881 - 1918 (~ 37 years)