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Human trials begin on the polio vaccine in 1957.
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On October 4th, 1957 the Russian space program launched the satellite Sputnik 1.
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Nasa luanches the Explorer 1 satellite in response to the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik.
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In 1960 Theodore Harold Maiman created the first lase while working for Hughes Research Labratories.
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Digital Equipment introduces the PDP-8 the world's first minnicomputer to use integrated circuit technology.
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On July 20th, 1969 NASA's Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to successfully touch down on the moon.
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Corning Glass announces it has created a glass fiber that can communicate pulses of light.
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Pong is one of the first video games released.
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The first products with barcodes are dilivered to America.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Microsoft.
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Cray Research Inc. introduces its first Super Computer, the Cray-1.
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The Space Shuttle is first launched on April 12th, 1981.
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Dr. Robert Jarvik implants the Jarvik 7 into Dr. Barney Clark.
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The USDA allows for the sale of the first genetically altered organism.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is Launched into space, and remains there to this day.
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The Act restrics the use of digital recording tools.
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Austrian scientists, teleported the physical form of a photon.
