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Manufacturing Events
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Vacuum Cleaner was invented
Invented by Hubert Cecile Booth -
President William McKinley was Assassinated
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Ford Motor Company was formed
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First Powered Flight
The Wright brothers built the Kitty Hawk -
Moving Assembly Line
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Television was Invented
Invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth -
Herbert Hoover is inaugurated
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WW2 Begins
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Helicopter is Invented
Invented by Igor Skitorsky -
Nuclear Bomb is Invented
Created by Robert Oppenheimer, also known as the father of the atomic bomb. -
CIA is formed
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Satellite was launched
First NASA satellite, Explorer 1 was successfully launched into space. -
Alaska becomes part of the US
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Aluminum cans are invented
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JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. are assassinated
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First Mobile Phone
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Power plant
A partial meltdown in a nuclear power plant released radiation. -
First Consumer Camcorder was made
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The Exxon Valdez spills oil
Giant oil tanker dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean in Alaska’s Prince Williams Sound. -
Google is put on WWW
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First Mass School Shooting
The first mass school shooting in Columbine killed 13 and injured 20 others. -
9/11
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. -
iPhone is released
Apple company releases their new product, the iPhone. -
Plant based food used widespread
Movement to make healthier food uses plants to make artificial meat. -
NASA Space probe leaves solar system
NASA space probe, Voyager 1, officially leaves the solar system. -
Corona Virus Pandemic
Covid-19 sets back manufacturing.