1904	First radio tube
1905	Einstein's theory of special relativity; IQ test begins; Hormones discovered
1906	Vitamins discovered in food; X-rays photographs used in medicine
1907	Fruit flies used in genetics; radioactive dating and chemotherapy begins; tissues cultured
1908	Geiger counter invented; Assembly line introduced
1909	North pole reached; the term "gene" suggested
1910	Neon light invented; sex-linked characteristics studied
1911	First sea plane; Chromosome map developed; cosmic rays discovered; South pole reached
1912	Theory of continental drift proposed; Velocity of Andromeda Nebula measured
1913	First domestic refrigerator sold; Concept of isotopes developed; Quantum theory of atoms stated
1914	Ionic nature of crystals explained
1916	Black hole theory explained
1917	First 100 inch telescope; Sonar invented
1918	Center of galaxy estimated; study of human embryo development begins
1919	Bee communication studied; Nuclear reaction produced; mass spectrometer invented
1920	Air masses detected in atmosphere; Dendrochronolgy founded
1921	Rorschach test developed; Tractors begin to replace horses
1922	Tutankhamen's tomb opened
1923	Ultracentrifuge invented
1924	Australopithecine skull found; ionosphere detected
1925	Gravitational red shift detected
1926	First liquid-fueled rocket fired; galactic rotation proved; Theory of wave mechanics of the solar system stated
1927	Theory of the Cosmic Egg state; Fruit fly mutations by X-ray produced; Talking pictures invented
1928	Penicillin invented; Game theory founded
1929	Four stages of child growth explained; Electroencephalography begins; Composition of the Sun deduced; Particle accelerator invented
1930	Theory of antimatter stated; Chlorofluorocarbons invented; Pluto discovered
1931	Neoprene and nylon invented; Resonance studied; Stratospheric Balloons launched
1932	Electron microscope invented; Asteroid Hidalgo discovered
1934	Supernovas seen; Bathysphere invented
1935	Uranium 235 discovered; Richter scale developed; Radar invented
1938	First practical television; ballpoint pen invented
1939	FM Radio invented; First flight by helicopter
1941	First jet plane
1945	Artificial kidney invented; Atomic bomb created
1946	Cloud-seeding invented; First practical electronic digital computer (ENIAC)
1947	Carbon-14 dating developed; Theory of holography stated; First supersonic flight, First microwave ovens go on sale in U.S.
1948	Big Bang theory of birth of Universe explained; Bathyscaphe invented; Transistor invented
1949	Atomic clock invented
1950	The Information Age
1951	UNIVAC computer
1953	Double Helix DNA structure revealed; Transistorized hearing aids; Economical aerosol cans; Heart-lung machine invented
1955	Diamonds made laboratory
1957	Polio vaccine with live virus
1958	Photocopying begins
1959	Theory of color vision explained
1960	First laser; weather satellites launched; First integrated circuit
1961	First human in space; first electronic watch; Existence of Quarks suggested
1962	Light emitting diodes invented; John Glenn orbits the earth; First communications satellite launched
1963	First woman in orbit; Quasars studied
1966	First Star Trek TV episode
1967	First space program casualties; First successful heart transplant
1968	Science of astrochemistry begins
1969	First moon walk; First artificial heart implanted
1970	Recombinant DNA procedure made possible; Supersonic transport used commercially; Fiber optics invented
1971	First space station; First pocket calculator
1972	CAT Scan invented; Laser disks (CD's) invented
1973	Genetic engineering begins; Space probe reaches Jupiter
1974	Surface of Mercury mapped
1975	First personal computer
1976	Viking probes land on Mars; Synthetic gene place in living cell
1977	Theory of inflationary universe; Lucy discovered; Balloon angioplasty begins; First case of AIDS; Last case of smallpox; Rings of Uranus detected
1978	Test-tube baby born; Radar mapping of Venus; Moon of Pluto discovered
1979	Theory of Extinction of dinosaurs by comet proposed
1980	Very Large Array telescope developed; Voyager probes fly by Saturn
1981	Space shuttle launched; First IBM Personal Computer sold; First transfer of a gene to another species
1982	Jarvik Artificial Heart invented; Magnetized tissues found in Dolphins; First laser printers sold
1983	Known chemical top 6 million
1984	First midair direct hit of one missile by another; First space walks with jet-propelled backpacks; Genetic fingerprinting begins
1985	Hole in Ozone detected
1986	Halley's Comet returns; First laptop computer; First Fax machines; Voyager 2 flies by Uranus
1988	Greenhouse effect appears to intensify; F-117 Stealth Fighter tested
1989	First visual image of DNA; Evidence of black hole in Milky Way Galaxy found
1990	Human Genome Project begins; largest known galaxy discovered; Hubble Space Telescope deployed
1991	Sex-determining human gene discovered; Iceman discovered
1992	First patent for genetically engineered animal
1993	Buckminsterfullerenes scratch diamonds; First cancer-related gene discovered
1994	Dinosaur DNA extracted; Near miss collision with asteroid
1995	New form of matter discovered; Java language for Web sites written
1996	Near earth asteroid tracking system begins
1997	Monkey cloned from embryo; Dolly cloned from adult sheep; First artificial human chromosome created; Comet Halle-Bopp flies by
1998	First digital TV broadcast; Clones produced from adult mice; John Glenn returns to space; First piece of International Space Station launched
1999	The Biotechnical Revolution; Laboratory-grown organ implanted into a dog

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