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Smallpox Vaccine
In 1789 the Smallpox vaccine was created by Edward Jenner. This was the first sucesfull vaccine to ever be created. He found out that people who got cowpox did not get small pox, so he gave them cowpox, a much less dangerous disease. -
Interchangeable Parts
The idea of interchangeable parts came when Eli Whitney said he could make 10 thousand muskets in two years. Though the muskets came eight years late, interchangeable parts saved both time and money. It allowed for you to have realatively unskilled workers and still make a product faster than one person handmaking the same product. -
The First Camera
The first camera was invented by Nicéphore Niépce. He used a piece of paper covered with silver foil. This caused it to lighten when needed to. -
First Radio
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz created the first radio waves. He made his first demonstration through free space in 1887. They used the same thing as the free wave. -
The Lightbulb Created
The lightbulb was created by Thomas Edison. His incandescent bulb went commercial in 1880. British inventors continues work on this "lighting device" after Edison was done with it. -
First Plane Flight
The first "flying machine" was invented by the Wright brothers. They flew it at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. There patent, however, was on the system that controled the machine to allow steering. -
Continental Drift Theory Presented
On January 6th, 1912, Alfred Wegner presented the Continental Drift Theory to the German Geological Society, saying that the continents once were all part of a landmass he called Pangaea, then slowly drifted apart. Evidence for this is plant and animal fossils being found on continents, tropical plant fossils found in the Arctic, and glacial deposits in Africa. His theory was rejected, but was then brought back after the theory of Plate Tectonics, which provided a way for the continents to move, -
Moving Assembly Line
Ford's Model T was supposed to be the first All-American middle-class car, but was to expensive upon release. Knowing that the more that were produced, the lower the price would be, Ford sped it up a little, assigning one job to everyone and keeping the product moving. In 1916, the price ended up being lower than $300 and the company could produce a Model T every 24 seconds Moving Assembly Line at Ford -
First Television
The first T.V was created by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor. He lived in a house with out electricity until he was 14. He invented it in a San Fransico garage. -
The First Computer
The first computer was created by Bill Hewlett and David Packard. It was created in their garage, located in Califonia. They named the computer HP, standing for Hewlett and Packard. Computer History -
Atomic Bombs was Dropped
On August 6th, 1945, the United States of America dropped "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing 90,000 - 166,000. The following day, the USA dropped "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing 39,000 - 80,000 people. About half of the people died on the first day, while the rest died of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries. On September 2nd, 1945, Japan surrendered, ending WWII. -
Polio Vaccine Developed
The poliomyelitis vaccine was created by Jonas Salk. He created the shot and the oral vaccines. He tested his vaccine on HELA cells. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4th, 1957. It was about the size of a beach ball, fifty-eight centimeters, or almost two feet. Sputnik orbited twice in a little more then three hours, and was destroyed three months after launch while reentering Earth's atmosphere. Sputnik and the Space Race -
Apollo 11 Landed On the Moon
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." In the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, a feat never before accomplished. Neil Armstong and Buzz Aldrin were the ones to step foot on the moon, collecting almost fifty pounds of "moon material", while their pilot, Micheal Collins, oribted the moon, awaiting their return. Apollo 11 -
The First Cellphone
On April 3rd, 1973, an employee of Moterolla was in Manhattan and called Bell Labs in New Jersey. This was the first offical call from a moble phone. The contents of the call were lost, but jaws dropped as he talked to someone from a completely wireless device. The man's name was Martin Cooper.
