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Printing Press - 1440
German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press sometime between 1440 and 1450. -
Telephone - 1876
It was Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell who was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone on March 7, 1876 -
Airplane - 1903
Invented in 1903 by the American Wright brothers, planes brought the world closer together, allowing us to travel quickly over great distances. This technology has broadened minds through enormous cultural exchanges—but it also escalated the reach of the world wars that would soon break out, and the severity of every war thereafter. -
Vaccines - 1976
Dr. Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine in 1976. -
Internet - 1983
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet.