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1961 Technology &
Gadgets
Seattle
finishes the Space Needle for the 1962 World's
Fair. It was the tallest structure West of the
Mississippi.
President
Kennedy announces the Apollo program to put a
"man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
The quasar is discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt Palomar.
Still a mystery, they are 2 trillion times
brighter than our sun (100 times brighter than
the Milky Way), very very far away (so very very
old), and thought to be galaxies in the throes
of creation.
X-15 rocket plane reached a
record altitude of 31.25 miles
Sony introduces the world's first
transistorized videotape recorder, SV-201.
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1961 Toys &
Gadgets
Ken - Barbie's got a
boyfriend! Barbie's got a boyfriend!
Duncan Yo-Yo began a 1961 Yo-Yo craze with
the introduction of the plastic Yo-Yo
which is little changed from today.
First proof of the use of a Yo-Yo is
from this Greek engraving circa 500BC.
Ray Krock opens 200th McDonald's in Southern
California.
The First in flight movie is shown on
TWA: By Love Possessed starring Lana Turner and Efram Zimbalist,
Jr.
Though
the first electric toothbrush was
produced by Squibb in 1960, General Electric brought the first
rechargeable cordless toothbrush to
market in 1961.
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