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1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1988 Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator 1987 Philips introduces CD-video 1987 IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2 1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip 1985 John Williams introduces new Today Show theme 1983 U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI) 1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0 1977 General Motors introduces 1st U.S. diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer 1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) 1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps 1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream 1963 Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 1959 U.S.S.R. introduces installment buying 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1953 California introduces sales tax, for education 1952 TWA introduces tourist class 1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir 1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record 1948 Bernard M. Baruch introduces term "Cold War" 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios 1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart 1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" 1932 "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang" 1931 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber 1929 Turkey introduces female suffrage 1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo 1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords 1913 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to U.S. public 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day 1908 Henry Ford introduces Model T car 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity 1891 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap 1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting 1865 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower 1850 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate 1837 Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system 1824 J. W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public 1741 Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale 1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia 1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe 1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England 1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star |
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