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1941 - 1948 (7 years)
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1 | 1941 | - 1941: Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
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2 | 1942 | - 1942: John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
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3 | 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.
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4 | 1944 | - 1944: The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
- 1944: Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
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5 | 1945 | - 1945: World War II ends.
- 1945: Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
- 1945: The atomic bomb invented.
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6 | 1946 | - 1946: The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
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7 | 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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8 | 1948 | - 1948: The Frisbee
- 1948: Velcro
- 1948: Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
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