Timeline: Historical Inventions of the 20th Century and their Significance | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1901

Radio (Within the USA)

First radio used in USA >First Radio Signal</a>
Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Oct 1, 1908

Electricity development is in it's beginning stages of usefulness by the public.

Early Electrification
Period: Jan 1, 1907 to Dec 31, 1929

Plastic: Truly Making Things Possible

Finding Plastic
Oct 1, 1908

Automobile (Assembly Line)

Henry Ford' >Henry Ford</a>
Period: Oct 2, 1908 to Dec 12, 1912

England's 1st aircraft flight

Samuel Franklin Cody flew his British Army Aeroplane No 1
Dec 10, 1912

Airplane (First Flight)

The Wright Brothers' >Airplane Flight</a>
Period: Jan 1, 1913 to Dec 31, 1940

Nuclear Development

The race to build the atomic bomb.
Period: Oct 10, 1930 to Oct 10, 1938

Radar

Radar Begins
Mar 1, 1941

Television

First Televsion broadcast (USA)
Feb 1, 1943

Antibiotics

Penicilin' >Penicillin</a>
Dec 20, 1951

Nuclear Power

Used to create electricity' >Nucleat Power used for energy</a>
Jan 17, 1955

Submarine (Modern Nuclear Subs)

Nuclear Submarine' >First American Nuclear Submarine</a>
Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Dec 31, 1971

Video Games

Video Games Begin
Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Dec 31, 1981

Space Shuttle development and launch.

The Space Shuttle
Jan 31, 1958

Modern Rocketry (USA)

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aerojava/rock_hist1.html' >Rocketry History</a>
Period: Jan 1, 1961 to Dec 31, 1978

The first electronic desktop calculators.

Calculator Timeline
Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1999

Cellphone development and production

Cellphone Timeline
Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1985

The CFL light bulb.

Ed Hammer, a lighting research engineer for many years, invented the first compact fluorescent light bulb in 1976
Jan 15, 1983

Personal Computer (Apple Lisa)

http://www.history.com/topics/invention-of-the-pc' >History of the PC</a>
Apr 1, 1993

Internet (World Wide Web)

http://hnn.us/articles/when-was-internet-invented' >World Wide Web</a>