Based on the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the genome of an organism is what the organism is structured of, and the study of where its structure originated.

Scientist from Human Genome Project founded and published details of the 3 billion dollar Human Genome Project (HGP) and founded in 1990 by the U.S. Dept of Energy
Google inc opened its doors in California but it was still in testing mode.
DVDs are launched in Japan
Scientists in Scotland reveal the first successful cloning of an adult mammal a sheep named Dolly
GSM expands communications beyond Australia and Europe.
The Bluetooth specification developed in 1994
Global System for Mobile Communications broke through the one million subscriber barrier.
CDMA (code division multiple access) is a digital cellular technology that uses spread spectrum techniques.
Text messaging is introduced to teenage girls everywhere. It happened by accident!
US Digital Cell Phone system is introduced.
The first wireless phone call was made in the US
Windows releases Windows 3.0
The Hubble Space Telescope was put into operation
Hewlett-Packard release the immensely popular LaserJet printer, by 1993 they had sold over 10 million LaserJet printers and over 20 million printers overall. HP were also pioneering inkjet technology.
Domain Name System (DNS) designed by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int created.
Bill Gates makes microsoft
Louise Brown born via C-Section in England through artificial means.
The first "computer on a chip".
IBMs program allowing travel agents anywhere to make airline reservations is fully implemented.
Stanford and Perdue Universities establish first departments of computer science
IBM develops 7030 or Stretch computer which is 30 times faster than their previous model

The modem invented.
Dr. Albert Sabin developes a polio vaccine putting an end to polio epidemics.

Fortran (computer language) invented.

Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter.


The first nuclear submarine called the Nautilus is invented. It revolutionizes warfare.

Optic fiber invented.

Dr. John H. Gibbon performs the first successful open-heart surgery where the blood is artificially circulated and oxygenated through a heart-lung machine.

Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments

Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb
The Eckert and Mauchly Co. of Philadelphia sells the first commercial computer, the UNIVAC 1, to the U.S. census bureau.
Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR).
Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.
The FrisbeeĀ® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.

Fender introduces the Broadcaster, a popular guitar among youth. The Broadcaster was a solid bodied electric guitar.

Produces an image in 60 seconds. In 1960, a color model was introduced.

Developped at Bell Labratories; large leap from switiching funtions used previously;basis of modern electronics

The first storage device for the digital computer. It was invented by Fred Williams. It operates using a frid of dots and dashes.

Oppenheimer tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico. It was later used in WWII in Japan.

This jukebox played a stack of 10 inch video discs. Sound was emitted from large speakers.

People had their first look at the TV at the Worlds Fair. It was on display there.

stores data and performs addition and subtraction using binary code
plastic that can be drawn into strong silk-like fibers
This telephone used a disc for dialing versus a manual dial.
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