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Mary Shelley writes "Frankenstein" after sharing ghost stories with friends and having nightmares of her dead son coming back to life.
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A record of the exploits and advances of sci - fi and science
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Jules Verne is born.
He writes:
A journey to the centre of the earth, From Earth to the moon, Around the Moon, 20000 Leagues under the Sea, The Mysterious Island. He died in 1905. -
Samuel Morse invents a code that allows people to communicate through dots and dashes.
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H G Wells is born.
He wrote:
The Time Machine and War of the Worlds.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone, which had a crank instead of buttons.
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George Easan invents the first Kodak, a camera using a roll of paper film.
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Edison and dickson invent the Kinetoscope, the first device that allowed people to see moving images. The first time the public watched a film was in 1891, for 15 seconds.
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The Cinematograph was invented by the Lumiere brothers.
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The Wright brothers fly the first powered plane for 12 seconds over 44 metres.
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The Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky figures out how to power rockets with fuel.
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Henry Ford produces the Model T ford, the first car available to the general public.
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The word "robot" is first used in Karel Capek's Czech play "Rossum's Universal Robots."
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John Baird makes the first TV.
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Goddard launches a rocket 12.5 metres in the air.
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The BBC begins regular radio broadcasts.
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster write the first superman comic strip.
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The first real rocket is built in Germany
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The first electronic computer is built, known as the ENIAC. (Electronic Numeral Intergrater and Calculator.
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The world's Population reaches 2.5 billion.
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The video machine is invented, allowing people to record TV shows.
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The former Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite into space.
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The first silicon chip is manufactured
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The first communications satellite called Telstar is launched into orbit.
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The series "Doctor Who" begins.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon.
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Astronauts drive a special car called the lunar rover over the moon.
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Microprocessors are developed. They are computers only a few milimetres wide, and a lot more powerful than ENIAC.
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Scientists send a message into space called the Arecibo message, hoping another life form could detect and decipher it. Because of the distance, it is only predicted to return in 48000 years if a message is sent back.
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The first mission to mars is made.
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Concorde's carry passengers for the first time.
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Telephone calls are carrie`d along optic fibres.
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Star wars is made into a movie.
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Philips and sony develope the CD (Compact).
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ET appears in cinema.
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The first mobile phones are used in Europe.
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The hubble telescope is put into orbit around earth, allowing us to see things very far away.
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Dolly the sheep is the first successfully cloned mammal.
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Japanese develope optical camouflage, allowing people to blend into their environment.
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The first iphone is released by steve jobs.
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The Ipad is released, using the same touch technology as the iphone.
