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Willis Carrier is born. Source
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Naval engineers create a device to lower the temperature of the dying President's room by 20°F, but it uses 500,000 pounds of ice in two months. Source
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Thomas Edison opens his Pearl Street electricity generating station in lower Manhattan, allowing residential and commercial buildings to have an inexpensive source of electricity for the first time. Source
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Willis Carrier invented the first successful air-conditioning sytem while working for Buffalo Forge heating company when he solved a Brooklyn printing company's humidity problem. Source
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Carrier patents his "Apparatus for Treating Air." Source
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Stuart Cramer coined the term "air conditioner" during the American Cotton Manufacturers Association's annual conference in Asheville's Kenilworth Inn that year. Source
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Carrier installs an air conditioner into a mansion in Minneapolis. Source
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The Chamber of the House of Representatives becomes air conditioned Source
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The Senate becomes air conditioned. Source
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The White House becomes air conditioned. Source
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The Packard is the first car to have "factory air" as an option. Source
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Willis Carrier dies. [Source](<a href='http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/71/Willis-Carrier.html)
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Room air conditioner sales exceed 1,000,000 Source
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The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute is formed. Source
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The first rotary compressor allows AC units to be smaller, weigh less, quieter, and more efficient. Source
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon using space suits with life support and cooling systems. Source
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The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act mandates minimum energy efficiency requirements for various appliances, including air conditioners. Source
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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), an ozone depleting substance and a refrigerant, is no longer made in the United States. Source
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The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute celebrates 50 years of industry excellence Source
