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Joyce RINGER

Female Abt 1960 - Abt 1986  (26 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1960 
  • 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
  • 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1965 
  • 1965: Astroturf invented.
  • 1965: Soft contact lenses invented.
  • 1965: NutraSweet invented.
  • 1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell.
1966 
  • 1966: Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
1967 
  • 1967: The first handheld calculator invented.
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).
10 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.
11 1970 
  • 1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented.
  • 1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart.
12 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.
13 1972 
  • 1972: The word processor invented.
  • 1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
  • 1972: Hacky SackĀ® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
14 1973 
  • 1973: Gene splicing invented.
  • 1973: The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
  • 1973: Bic invents the disposable lighter.
15 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.
16 1975 
  • 1975: USA Vietnam War Ends
  • 1975: The laser printer invented.
  • 1975: The push-through tab on a drink can invented.
17 1976 
  • 1976: The ink-jet printer invented.
18 1977 
  • 1977: Jimmy Carter president of the USA 1977-1981.
  • 1977: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
19 1978 
  • 1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
20 1979 
  • 1979: Cellular phones invented.
  • 1979: Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray.
  • 1979: Walkman invented.
  • 1979: Scott Olson invents roller blades.
21 1980 
  • 1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
22 1981 
  • 1981: Ronald Reagan president of the USA 1981-1989.
  • 1981: MS-DOS invented.
  • 1981: The first IBM-PC invented.
23 1982 
  • 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered.
24 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."
25 1984 
  • 1984: The CD-ROM invented.
  • 1984: The Apple Macintosh invented.
26 1985 
  • 1985: Windows program invented by Microsoft.
27 1986 
  • 1986: Fuji introduced the disposable camera.





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