Naritive By CThompson19 Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assassinated Period: Dec 7, 1963 to Dec 7, 2011 TImeline Dec 7, 1964 Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S. Dec 7, 1965 Los Angeles Riots Dec 7, 1966 Mass Draft Protests in U.S Dec 7, 1967 First Super Bowl Dec 7, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Dec 7, 1969 Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon Dec 7, 1970 Beatles Break Up Dec 7, 1971 VCRs Introduced Dec 7, 1972 Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich Dec 7, 1973 U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam Dec 7, 1974 U.S. President Nixon Resigns Dec 7, 1975 Civil War in Lebanon Dec 7, 1976 North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Dec 7, 1977 South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death Dec 7, 1978 John Paul II Becomes Pope Dec 7, 1979 Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran Dec 7, 1980 John Lennon Assassinated Dec 7, 1981 Assassination Attempt on the Pope Dec 7, 1982 ietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC Dec 7, 1983 Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space Dec 7, 1984 ndira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards Dec 8, 1985 •Windows program invented by Microsoft Dec 8, 1986 •Windows program invented by Microsoft Dec 8, 1987 •Disposable contact lenses invented Dec 8, 1988 •Disposable contact lenses invented Dec 8, 1989 •High-definition television invented Dec 8, 1990 •The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee Dec 8, 1991 •The digital answering machine invented Dec 8, 1992 •The smart pill invented. Dec 8, 1993 •The pentium processor invented. Dec 8, 1994 •HIV protease inhibitor invented Dec 8, 1995 •DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented Dec 8, 1996 •Web TV invented. Dec 8, 1997 •The gas-powered fuel cell invented. Dec 8, 1998 •Viagra invented Dec 8, 1999 •Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph). Dec 8, 2000 •Environmentally friendly transformer fluid from vegetable oils invented by T.V. Oommen. Dec 8, 2001 9-11 Dec 8, 2002 •Birth control patch invented by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Dec 8, 2003 •New Toy Robots Max the robotic cat invented by Omron, LUCKY, THE ROVING ROBO Dec 8, 2004 •Popular Science Best of What's New 2004 Dec 8, 2005 Youtube INvented Dec 8, 2006 •Popular Science Best of What's New 2006 Dec 8, 2007 •Popular Science Best of What's New 2007 Dec 8, 2008 •Time Magazine Modern Inventions of the Year 2008 Dec 8, 2009 New inventions of 2009 include: a new computer interface called the sixth sense, and a retinal implant for the blind.