Technology 1940-1959

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Technology 1940-1959

1940-First Xerographic Machine Designed

1941-Penicillin Used to Treat a Human

1942-Nuclear Chain Reaction

1946-First Electronic Computer

1946-Spock Publishes Book on Baby Care

1946-Atomic Test at Bikini Atoll

1946-DC-6 Introduced

1946-Meteor Sets World Speed Record

1947-Last DC-3 Produced

1947-Bell X-1 Breaks Sound Barrier

1947-B-47 Enters Service

1947-Gigantic Spruce Goose Flies

1948-Polaroid Camera on sale

1948-Improved Quantum Dynamics Theory Developed

1948-Soviets Introduce MIG-15

1949-Non-Stop Around-the-World Flight

1949-Stratocruiser Goes into Service

1949-"Comet"-First Commercial Jet Unveiled

1950-Super Constellation Tested

1951-Color TV Introduced

1951-US Airforce Orders B-52 Bomber

1952-Polio Vaccine Invented

1953-Super Sabre Introduced

1953-DC-7 Introduced

1954-F-104 Makes Debut

1954-Boeing Unveils the 707

1954-Lockheed Introduces the YC-130 "Hercules"

1954-First Kidney Transplant

1954-Soviets Introduce the MIG-19

1955-Mirage Unveiled

1955-U-2 is Tested

1956-Tupelov TU-104 Introduced

1956-First Trans-Atlantic Telephone Cable

1957-USSR & US Launch ICBMs

1958-Douglas Introduces DC-8

1958-F-4 Phantom Unveiled by McDonnell-Douglas

1958-Pan Am Introduces 707 Service Across Atlantic

1959-X-15 Makes First Flight

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