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Wernher von Braun and his team of scientists are taken to the USA to develop the German V-2 rocket into an intercontinental ballistic missile
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Hungarian-born British engineer Dennis Gabor creates the first three-dimensional image from reflected light, subsequently known as a hologram
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US scientist Edwin Land demonstrates a new device, the Polaroid camera, to the Optical Society of America
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The Morris Minor is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes one of Britain's best-selling cars
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Prime minister Ben Chifley sees Australia's first mass-produced car, the Holden, roll off the production line
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The German firm NSU builds the first working example of the rotary engine invented in 1924 by Felix Wankel
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The first true synthesizer is put on the market by RCA Victor
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The Mini is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes the best-selling British car of all time
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The first prototype of the Hovercraft, designed by British engineer Christopher Cockerell, crosses the English Channel
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The St Lawrence Seaway, a joint Canadian and US project, links the Great Lakes and the sea
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The Trans-Canada Highway is completed, stretching some 5000 miles across the continent
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The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Staten Island, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4260 feet
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The first communications satellite, Early Bird, is launched from Cape Carnaveral
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The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight
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An engineer in the newly formed Intel Corporation designs the first programmable microchip
