Inventions

Bull-Leaping Fresco of Minoan palace at Knossos discovered

Inventions · 1900

the monumental Palace of Minos in Knossos discovered

Inventions · 1900

Bismosal (Pepto-Bismol)

Inventions · 1901

dribbling required

Inventions · 1901

electric air conditioner - Willis Carrier

Inventions · 1902

Cushman Motor Works

Inventions · 1902

Popular Mechanics

Inventions · 1902

Binney & Smith Co. developed wax crayons

Inventions · 1903

Wright Brothers first powered flight

Inventions · 1903

windshield wiper blade - Mary Anderson

Inventions · 1903

Nestlé S.A.

Inventions · 1905

portable, domestic use vacuum-cleaner by Englishman Walter Griffiths

Inventions · 1905

Garrett Morgan discovers a liquid that straightens hair

Inventions · 1905

gyrocompass - Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe

Inventions · 1906

"Bakelite" developed by Leo Baekeland

Inventions · 1907

gumball machines

Inventions · 1907

Dictaphone®

Inventions · 1907

Thermos®

Inventions · 1907

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)

Inventions · 1907

Briggs and Stratton

Inventions · 1908

Model T

Inventions · 1908

discovery of Venus of Willebdorf

Inventions · 1908

Howard R. Hughes Sr.'s two-cone roller bit

Inventions · 1909

synthetic rubber - team lead by Fritz Hofmann

Inventions · 1909

steel shaft golf clubs patented

Inventions · 1910

Machu Picchu, mountain city (Peru)

Inventions · 1911

Mars, Incorporated

Inventions · 1911

electric ignition starters (Cadillac)

Inventions · 1912

American Garrett Morgan invents safety hood smoke protection device

Inventions · 1912

refrigerators for home use invented - Fred W. Wolf

Inventions · 1913

Tesla turbine

Inventions · 1913

electric refrigerator for home use by Fred W. Wolf (Fort Wayne, IN)

Inventions · 1913

woman's corselet

Inventions · 1914

Series 490

Inventions · 1915

Einstein's theory of general relativity

Inventions · 1916

Clorox bleach

Inventions · 1916

Forbes

Inventions · 1917

portable chainsaw by Canadian millwright James Shand

Inventions · 1918

1st Master Lock padlock

Inventions · 1919

Thompson submachine gun

Inventions · 1919

Daily News (New York)

Inventions · 1919

electrically amplified violins - Stuff Smith

Inventions · 1920

bumper cars

Inventions · 1920

Sidecar

Inventions · 1920

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Inventions · 1920

Russian immigrant Adolph Levitt is credited with inventing the first doughnut machine

Inventions · 1920

Brandy Alexander

Inventions · 1922

Better Homes & Gardens

Inventions · 1922

Reader's Digest

Inventions · 1922

Edy's Pie (formerly known as Eskimo Pie)

Inventions · 1922

blender by Polish-American chemist Stephen Poplawski

Inventions · 1922

periwinkle

Inventions · 1922

El Niño-Southern Oscillation discovered

Inventions · 1923

Superior

Inventions · 1923

TIME

Inventions · 1923

Marvel Mystery Oil

Inventions · 1923

American Garrett Morgan invents the traffic signal

Inventions · 1923

Kleenex®

Inventions · 1924

Klondike® Bar

Inventions · 1924

steel shaft golf club ban lifted by USGA

Inventions · 1924

Champs-Élysées

Inventions · 1925

Band-Aid®

Inventions · 1925

cigarette vending machine (by Thomas Rowe)

Inventions · 1926

electric overhead garage door opener by C.G. Johnson (Hartford City, IN)

Inventions · 1926

Canadian Brandon Lewis patented an automatic soft-serve ice cream maker

Inventions · 1926

Model A (2nd generation)

Inventions · 1927

Charles Lindbergh completes solo transatlantic flight

Inventions · 1927

Penicillin discovered

Inventions · 1928

Penicillin

Inventions · 1928

steel shaft golf club ban lifted by R&A

Inventions · 1929

the dwarf planet Pluto

Inventions · 1930

Nazca Lines, geoglyphs (Peru)

Inventions · 1930

installed at 10 Downing St (British PM's residence)

Inventions · 1930

modern day recliner by Edwin Shoemaker & Edward Knabush (Monroe, MI)

Inventions · 1930

Twinkies are invented by Canadian James Alexander Dewar for the Continental Baking Co.

Inventions · 1930

electrically amplified guitar - Beauchamp

Inventions · 1931

Max Himmelheber invents Particleboar

Inventions · 1932

Model B

Inventions · 1932

Volksempfänger developed by engineer Otto Griessing

Inventions · 1933

Dymaxion car designed by American Buckminster Fuller

Inventions · 1933

eight nations develop radar independently, and in great secrecy

Inventions · 1934

electric string bass - Paul Tutmarc

Inventions · 1935

Owens Corning patented "Fiberglas"

Inventions · 1935

Nylon

Inventions · 1935

stimpmeter designed by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr.

Inventions · 1935

Summer Olympics broadcast

Inventions · 1936

Flying Pigeon Bicycle Co., LTD.

Inventions · 1936

LIFE

Inventions · 1936

first Oscar Mayer "Wienermobile"

Inventions · 1936

Rusty nail

Inventions · 1937

coin-operate soda bottle dispenser (by the Vendolator Co.)

Inventions · 1937

Creamsicle®

Inventions · 1937

Scrabble by Alfred Mosher Butts

Inventions · 1938

Novachord (synthesizer)

Inventions · 1938

term RADAR (radio detection and ranging) coined

Inventions · 1940

advertisements aired

Inventions · 1941

Fleetline

Inventions · 1941

Velcro

Inventions · 1941

Turtle Wax

Inventions · 1941

Willys MB/Ford GPW (G-503) vehicle

Inventions · 1941

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Inventions · 1942

Coleman/G.I. pocket stove (Model 520 or M1941)

Inventions · 1942

Screwdriver

Inventions · 1943

The Slinky, invented by Richard T. James

Inventions · 1943

defensive goaltending

Inventions · 1944

Coke®

Inventions · 1945

Tupperware

Inventions · 1946

Fudgsicle®

Inventions · 1946

holography - Dennis Gabon

Inventions · 1947

newspaper box dispenser (by George Thiemeyer Hemmeter)

Inventions · 1947

microwave oven by American Percy Spencer

Inventions · 1947

Polaroid creates the first instant camera

Inventions · 1948

LP record - Peter Carl Goldmark

Inventions · 1948

Candy Land (Candyland) by Eleanor Abbott

Inventions · 1948

Puma SE

Inventions · 1948

Xerox®

Inventions · 1948

Nutty Putty becomes Silly Putty

Inventions · 1949

Masters green jacket

Inventions · 1949

car keys (Chrysler)

Inventions · 1949

crash test dummy - Samuel W. Alderson

Inventions · 1949

wire connected remote developed by Zenith Radio Corporation called Lazy Bones

Inventions · 1950

Dumpster®

Inventions · 1951

Einsteinium, Atomic Number 99

Inventions · 1952

1st Gibson Les Paul guitar

Inventions · 1952

Country Sedan

Inventions · 1952

Timberland LLC

Inventions · 1952

Gibson Les Paul guitar

Inventions · 1952

CinemaScope widescreen film created

Inventions · 1953

Acetaminophen (Tylenol)

Inventions · 1953

Corvette

Inventions · 1953

air conditioning (Chrysler)

Inventions · 1953

Playboy

Inventions · 1953

TV Guide

Inventions · 1953

molecular structure of DNA

Inventions · 1953

WD-40 (Water Displacement, 40th formula)

Inventions · 1953

1st Fender Stratocaster electric guitar

Inventions · 1954

24 s shot clock

Inventions · 1954

Sports Illustrated

Inventions · 1954

riding lawn tractor by Cecil Elwood Pond (South Bend, IN)

Inventions · 1954

STP ( Scientifically Treated Petroleum)

Inventions · 1954

Eugene Polley developed the Flash-Matic photoelectric cell wireless remote

Inventions · 1955

Play-Doh

Inventions · 1956

Rolodex by Danish engineer Hildaur Neilsen

Inventions · 1956

Cessna 172 Skyhawk

Inventions · 1956

Robert Adler developed Zenith Space Command ultrasound wireless remote

Inventions · 1956

flying disc renamed Frisbee by Wham-O

Inventions · 1957

acrylic nails, patented by Fred Slack Jr. and brother Tom

Inventions · 1957

Reebok International Limited

Inventions · 1958

Wham-O introudced the HULA HOOP®

Inventions · 1958

Van Allen' radiation belt

Inventions · 1958

seat belts (Volvo)

Inventions · 1959

Birth-control pill approved by the FDA

Inventions · 1960

Ibuprofen (Advil)

Inventions · 1961

log flume water ride

Inventions · 1963

Mellotron Mk I

Inventions · 1963

modular synthesizers - Robert Moog

Inventions · 1964

Bermuda Triangle gains fame/infamy

Inventions · 1964

1st Moog synthesizer

Inventions · 1964

Superball, chemist Norman Stingley

Inventions · 1964

"Kevlar" developed by DuPont

Inventions · 1965

glow stick

Inventions · 1965

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

Inventions · 1965

Scope mouthwash

Inventions · 1966

Verne E. Weiss developes and introduces the Bugles corn snack

Inventions · 1966

"ChemGrass", later AstroTurf, patented

Inventions · 1967

broadcast of 60 Minutes

Inventions · 1968

Clackers

Inventions · 1968

graphite shaft golf clubs by Frank Thomas, Shakespeare Sporting Goods Co.

Inventions · 1968

treadmill, by William Staub, called the PaceMaster 600

Inventions · 1968

DHL (initials of founders Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn)

Inventions · 1969

Smithsonian

Inventions · 1970

string trimmer (weed eater) - George Ballas

Inventions · 1970

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

Inventions · 1970

RCA introduced all-electronic remote control that used digital signals & MOSFET memory

Inventions · 1970

Nautilus "Blue Monster" bicep machine, by Arthur Jones

Inventions · 1970

Rockport

Inventions · 1971

FedEx (originally Federal Express Corporation)

Inventions · 1971