| |
Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1953 | - 1953—1953: HISTORY: .Radial tires invented.
- 1953—1953: POLITICAL: .Harry Truman president of the USA.
- 1953—1953: WAR: Korean War .United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China.
|
| 2 | 1954 | - 1954—1954: HISTORY: .Oral contraceptives invented.
|
| 3 | 1955 | - 1955—1955: HISTORY: .Optic fiber invented.
- 1 Nov 1955—15 May 1975: WAR: Vietnam War.In South Vietnam, a tactic has been to bomb villages to discourage support of the Viet Cong. Terrorized children are televised running from the napalm bombing of the village of Trang Bang. Information about the later life of the naked girl with the burned flesh, seen running from her village (see photo), is available through a Wikipedia search for Phan Th? Kim Ph'c.
|
| 4 | 1957 | - 1957—1957: HISTORY: .Fortran (computer language) invented.
|
| 5 | 1958 | - 1958—1958: HISTORY: .Computer Modem invented.
|
| 6 | 1959 | - 1959—1959: HISTORY: .Internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
|
| 7 | 1960 | - 1960—1960: HISTORY: .Halogen lamp invented.
|
| 8 | 1961 | - 1961—1961: HISTORY: Bay of Pigs Invasion.United States vs Cuba
- 1961—1961: POLITICAL: .Dwight Eisenhower president of the USA
|
| 9 | 1962 | - 1962—1962: HISTORY: .Audio cassette invented.
|
| 10 | 1963 | - 1963—22 Nov 1963: POLITICAL: .John F. Kennedy president of the USA.
- 22 Nov 1963—1963: POLITICAL: John F. Kennedy assassinated.by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas
|
| 11 | 1964 | - 1964—1964: HISTORY: .Acrylic paint invented.
|
| 12 | 1965 | - 1965—1965: HISTORY: .Astroturf invented.
|
| 13 | 1966 | - 1966—1966: HISTORY: .Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
|
| 14 | 1967 | - 1967—1967: HISTORY: .First handheld calculator invented.
|
| 15 | 1968 | - 1968—1968: HISTORY: .Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
|
| 16 | 1969 | - 1969—1969: HISTORY: .Arpanet (first internet) invented.
- 1969—1969: POLITICAL: .Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
|
| 17 | 1970 | - 1970—1970: HISTORY: .Daisy-wheel printer invented.
|
| 18 | 1971 | - 1971—1971: HISTORY: .Dot-matrix printer invented.
|
| 19 | 1972 | - 1972—1972: HISTORY: .Word processor invented.
|
| 20 | 1973 | - 1973—1973: HISTORY: .Gene splicing invented.
|
| 21 | 1974 | - 1974—1974: POLITICAL: .Richard Nixon president of the USA.
- 8 Aug 1974—1974: POLITICAL: .Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office.
|
| 22 | 1975 | - 1975—1975: HISTORY: .Laser printer invented.
- 1975—1975: WAR: Vietnam War.
|
| 23 | 1976 | - 1976—1976: HISTORY: .ink-jet printer invented.
|
| 24 | 1977 | - 1977—1977: HISTORY: .Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
- 1977—1977: POLITICAL: .Gerald Ford president of the USA.
|
| 25 | 1978 | - 1978—1978: HISTORY: .Artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
|
| 26 | 1979 | - 1979—1979: HISTORY: .Cellular phones invented.
|
| 27 | 1980 | - 1980—1980: HISTORY: .Hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
|
| 28 | 1981 | - 1981—1981: HISTORY: .MS-DOS invented.
- 1981—1981: POLITICAL: .Jimmy Carter president of the USA.
|
| 29 | 1984 | - 1984—1984: HISTORY: .CD-ROM invented.
|
1953 - 1984 (30 years)