Timeline of a Toaster By emilythorley Jan 1, 1905 Albert Marsh discovered Nichrome the filament wire needed to toast bread Jan 1, 1909 First electric toaster for the home invented by Frank Shailor Jan 1, 1913 Toaster with automatic bread turner introduced Jan 1, 1919 Charles Strite invents a automatic pop-up bread toaster Jan 1, 1958 Four slice toaster ivented Jan 1, 1960 1960s: Toasters become common and affordable. Jan 1, 1970 1970s: Toasters can be customized. Jan 1, 1980 1980s: Toasters have wider slots to toast bagles and wider bread slices Jan 1, 2000 More recently, a toaster that also cooks eggs has been invented