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Garret Morgan invents the first gas mask (2)
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KDKA Receives the first radio license, and begins broadcasting election results a week later (2)
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Clarence Birdseye patents a process for flash-freezing meat and vegetables (2)
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US Supreme Court Upholds the Right of NY Times and Washington Post to Publish Papers about Vietnam (6)
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52 American Hostages Released in Tehran Following Inauguration of Ronald Reagan (6)
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Computers Used for Instruction in over 40% of Elementary Schools and 75% of Secondary Schools (4)
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The Apple Macintosh Invented (2)
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Communication Age (1)
Projected fourth wave- The communication age began around 1750 with the early beginnings of email communication and is still continuing.
