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(See the continuous Text-Only version) A Selective Timeline of 20th Century Events (5)
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| 1956 | Shockley leaves Bell Labs, Nobel Prize Awarded to Shockley, Brattain & Bardeen |  |
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| 1957 | "Traitorous
Eight" establish Fairchild Semiconductor Co.,
Sputnik I and Sputnik II launched, Superconductivity theory described by Bardeen et al |
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| 1958 | J Kilby invents integrated circuit, Explorer I- first US earth satellite goes into orbit (discovers Van Allen radiation belt) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | R Noyce invents better integrated circuit, Alaska and Hawaii admitted as states, Barbie doll introduced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | First "Mini" Computer, First weather satellite launched, Hitchcock's "Psycho" released, Astroturf debuts |  |
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| 1961 | Fairchild & Texas Instruments sell integrated circuits, Yuri Gagarin first manned space flight, Berlin wall built | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | John Glenn is first American to orbit the earth, LavaLite, Cuban missile crisis |  |
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| 1963 | President Kennedy assassinated, ML King Jr. gives "I Have A Dream" speech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan Show, Congress passes Civil Rights Act |  |
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| 1965 | "Moore's Law" predicts the rate of growth of IC components, Winston Churchill dies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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