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Date |
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| 1 | 1972 | - 1972: The word processor invented.
- 1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
- 1972: Hacky Sack
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| 2 | 1973 | - 1973: Gene splicing invented.
- 1973: The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
- 1973: Bic invents the disposable lighter.
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| 3 | 1974 | - 1974: Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office. His decision was announced 8 Aug 1974.
- 1974: Gerald Ford president of the USA 1974-1977.
- 1974: The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry.
- 1974: Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction.
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| 4 | 1975 | - 1975: USA Vietnam War Ends
- 1975: The laser printer invented.
- 1975: The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
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| 5 | 1976 | - 1976: The ink-jet printer invented.
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| 6 | 1977 | - 1977: Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
- 1977: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
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| 7 | 1978 | - 1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
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| 8 | 1979 | - 1979: Cellular phones invented.
- 1979: Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
- 1979: Walkman invented.
- 1979: Scott Olson invents roller blades.
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| 9 | 1980 | - 1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
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| 10 | 1981 | - 1981: Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
- 1981: MS-DOS invented.
- 1981: The first IBM-PC invented.
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| 11 | 1982 | - 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
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| 12 | 1983 | - 1983: Grenada: United States Intervention 1983.
- 1983: Soft bifocal contact lens invented.
- 1983: First Cabbage Patch Kids sold.
- 1983: Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality."
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| 13 | 1984 | - 1984: The CD-ROM invented.
- 1984: The Apple Macintosh invented.
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| 14 | 1985 | - 1985: Windows program invented by Microsoft.
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| 15 | 1986 | - 1986: Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
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| 16 | 1987 | - 1987: The first 3-D video game invented.
- 1987: Disposable contact lenses invented.
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| 17 | 1988 | - 1988: Digital cellular phones invented.
- 1988: The RU-486 (abortion pill) invented.
- 1988: Doppler radar invented by Christian Andreas Doppler.
- 1988: Prozac
- 1988: The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
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| 18 | 1989 | - 1989: US Invasion of Panama: United States vs Panama 1989-1990.
- 1989: George H.W. Bush president of the USA 1989-1993.
- 1989: High-definition television invented.
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| 19 | 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.
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| 20 | 1991 | - 1991: The digital answering machine invented.
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| 21 | 1993 | - 1993: William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
- 1993: The pentium processor invented.
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| 22 | 1994 | - 1994: HIV protease inhibitor invented.
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| 23 | 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.
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| 24 | 1996 | |
| 25 | 1997 | - 1997: Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars in 1997.
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| 26 | 1998 | |
| 27 | 1999 | - 1999: Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
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| 28 | 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.
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| 29 | 2003 | - 2003: Invasion of Iraq: United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq 2003-present.
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1972 - 2016 (43 years) 
