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Joseph TAVANI

Male 1922 - 2001  (78 years)  


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   Date  Event(s)
1922 
  • 1922: Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
  • 1922: The first 3-D movie (spectacles with one red and one green lens) is released.
1923 
  • 1923: Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
  • 1923: The television or iconoscope (cathode-ray tube) invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.
  • 1923: John Harwood invented the self-winding watch.
  • 1923: Clarence Birdseye invents frozen food.
1924 
  • 1924: The dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
  • 1924: Notebooks with spiral bindings invented.
1925 
  • 1925: The mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
1926 
  • 1926: Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
1927 
  • 1927: JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch.
  • 1927: Philo Taylor Farnsworth invents a complete electronic TV system.
  • 1927: Technicolor invented.
  • 1927: Erik Rotheim patents an aerosol can.
  • 1927: Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock.
  • 1927: Philip Drinker invents the iron lung.
1928 
  • 1928: Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
  • 1928: Bubble gum invented by Walter E. Diemer.
  • 1928: Jacob Schick patented the electric shaver.
1929 
  • 1929: Herbert Hoover president of the USA 1929-1933.
  • 1929: American, Paul Galvin invents the car radio.
  • 1929: Yo-Yo re-invented as an American fad.
1930 
  • 1930: Scotch tape patented by 3M engineer Richard G. Drew.
  • 1930: The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston.
  • 1930: Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine.
10 1931 
  • 1931: Harold Edgerton invented stop-action photography.
  • 1931: Germans Max Knott and Ernst Ruska co-invent the electron microscope.
11 1932 
  • 1932: Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
12 1933 
  • 1933: Franklin Roosevelt president of the USA 1933-1945.
  • 1933: Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong.
  • 1933: Stereo records invented.
13 1934 
  • 1934: Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
  • 1934: Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording.
14 1935 
  • 1935: Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon (polymer 6.6.).
  • 1935: The first canned beer made.
15 1936 
  • 1936: Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
  • 1936: Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver.
  • 1936: Edward VIII. Ruler of England 1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Eldest son of George V.
  • 1936: George VI. Ruler of England 1936-1952. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
16 1937 
  • 1937: Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
17 1938 
  • 1938: The ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
  • 1938: Roy J. Plunkett invented tetrafluoroethylene polymers or Teflon.
  • 1938: Nescafe or freeze-dried coffee invented.
18 1939 
  • 1939: World War II begins. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. 1939-1945.
  • 1939: Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
19 1940 
  • 1940: Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
  • 1940: Karl Pabst invents the jeep.
20 1941 
  • 1941: Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software.
21 1942 
  • 1942: John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer.
22 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.
23 1944 
  • 1944: The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
  • 1944: Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian.
24 1945 
  • 1945: World War II ends.
  • 1945: Harry Truman president of the USA 1945-1953.
  • 1945: The atomic bomb invented.
25 1946 
  • 1946: The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
26 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.
27 1948 
  • 1948: The Frisbee
  • 1948: Velcro
  • 1948: Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
28 1949 
  • 1949: Cake mix invented.
29 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.
30 1951 
  • 1951: Super glue invented.
  • 1951: Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis.
  • 1951: Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
31 1952 
  • 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.
  • 1952: The first diet soft drink sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch.
  • 1952: Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb.
  • 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.
32 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.
33 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.
34 1955 
  • 1955: Optic fiber invented.
35 1956 
  • 1956: The first computer hard disk used.
  • 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.
36 1957 
  • 1957: Fortran (computer language) invented.
37 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.
38 1959 
  • 1959: The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
  • 1959: Barbie Doll invented.
  • 1959: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip.
39 1960 
  • 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
  • 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
40 1961 
  • 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
  • 1961: John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
  • 1961: Valium invented.
  • 1961: The nondairy creamer invented.
41 1962 
  • 1962: The audio cassette invented.
  • 1962: The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
  • 1962: Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
  • 1962: Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
42 1963 
  • 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, 22 Nov 1963.
  • 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA 1963-1969. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
  • 1963: The first videodisc invented.
43 1964 
  • 1964: Acrylic paint invented.
  • 1964: Permanent-press fabric invented.
  • 1964: BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
44 1965 
  • 1965: Astroturf invented.
  • 1965: Soft contact lenses invented.
  • 1965: NutraSweet invented.
  • 1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell.
45 1966 
  • 1966: Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
46 1967 
  • 1967: The first handheld calculator invented.
47 1968 
  • 1968: The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • 1968: The first computer with integrated circuits made.
  • 1968: Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
48 1969 
  • 1969: Richard Nixon president of the USA 1969-1974.
  • 1969: The arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • 1969: The artificial heart invented.
  • 1969: The ATM invented.
  • 1969: The bar-code scanner is invented.
49 1970 
  • 1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • 1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
50 1971 
  • 1971: The dot-matrix printer invented.
  • 1971: The food processor invented.
  • 1971: The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • 1971: The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
  • 1971: VCR or videocassette recorder invented.
51 1972 
  • 1972: The word processor invented.
  • 1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • 1972: Hacky Sack
52 1973 
  • 1973: Gene splicing invented.
  • 1973: The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • 1973: Bic invents the disposable lighter.
53 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.
54 1975 
  • 1975: USA Vietnam War Ends
  • 1975: The laser printer invented.
  • 1975: The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
55 1976 
  • 1976: The ink-jet printer invented.
56 1977 
  • 1977: Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • 1977: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
57 1978 
  • 1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
58 1979 
  • 1979: Cellular phones invented.
  • 1979: Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • 1979: Walkman invented.
  • 1979: Scott Olson invents roller blades.
59 1980 
  • 1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
60 1981 
  • 1981: Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • 1981: MS-DOS invented.
  • 1981: The first IBM-PC invented.
61 1982 
  • 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
62 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."
63 1984 
  • 1984: The CD-ROM invented.
  • 1984: The Apple Macintosh invented.
64 1985 
  • 1985: Windows program invented by Microsoft.
65 1986 
  • 1986: Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
66 1987 
  • 1987: The first 3-D video game invented.
  • 1987: Disposable contact lenses invented.
67 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.
68 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.
69 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.
70 1991 
  • 1991: The digital answering machine invented.
71 1993 
  • 1993: William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA 1993-2001.
  • 1993: The pentium processor invented.
72 1994 
  • 1994: HIV protease inhibitor invented.
73 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.
74 1996 
  • 1996: Web TV invented.
75 1997 
  • 1997: Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars in 1997.
76 1998 
  • 1998: Viagra
77 1999 
  • 1999: Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
78 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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