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A major earthquake destroys one-third of Tokyo. The death toll was estimated to have been more than 140,000 people.
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Jack Kilby was born in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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The Stock market crash of October 1929 was the signal of the start of the Great Depression. (1929-1939)
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Served in the military during World War II as a technician in India.
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The Pentagon was built and becomes the largest office in the world.
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Jack graduated from Great Bend High School. In 1947, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree of electrical engineering. In 1950, Jack completed his masters degree at the University of Wisconsin Extension.
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North Korea surprised the South Korean army, and they quickly headed toward the capital city of Seoul.
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Transferred to work at Bell Laboratories from previous job at Centralab
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Jack transferred work again to the Texas Institute.
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Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit.
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Dr. Michael E. De Bakey is the doctor that implanted the artificial heart into the patient for the first time. The patient only survives for four days.
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Jack co-invented the thermal printer.
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Jack Kilby co-invented the first pocketronic.
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Jack Kilby is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.
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Jack receives the National Medal of Science in 1990.
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Jack wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for basic work on communication and information technology.
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Jack dies of cancer at the age of 81 in Dallas, Texas.
