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| 1 | 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).
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| 2 | 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.
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| 3 | 1970 | - 1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented.
- 1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
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| 4 | 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.
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| 5 | 1972 | - 1972: The word processor invented.
- 1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
- 1972: Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 1976 | - 1976: The ink-jet printer invented.
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| 10 | 1977 | - 1977: Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
- 1977: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
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| 11 | 1978 | - 1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1980 | - 1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
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| 14 | 1981 | - 1981: Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
- 1981: MS-DOS invented.
- 1981: The first IBM-PC invented.
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| 15 | 1982 | - 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
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| 16 | 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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| 17 | 1984 | - 1984: The CD-ROM invented.
- 1984: The Apple Macintosh invented.
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| 18 | 1985 | - 1985: Windows program invented by Microsoft.
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| 19 | 1986 | - 1986: Fuji introduced the disposable camera.
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| 20 | 1987 | - 1987: The first 3-D video game invented.
- 1987: Disposable contact lenses invented.
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1968 - 1987 (19 years)