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Historyof Technology By Jackson McNelis

1879 Thomas Edison invented the first lightbulb in 1879 and patented it a year later. This was one of the first practical uses for electricity.

1945 On August 6th 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This was the beginning of nuclear energy and weapons.

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1947

On July 20, 1969, the first man step foot on the moon. This was a huge milestone which was the pinnacle of technology.

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On December 16, 1947, the transistor was built. This is the birth place of current electronics. Transistors today are incredibly small while the first one was pretty big.


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