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1969 Technology & Gadgets

 

denton cooley 1969

 

 

After 22 successful heart transplants, when a donor heart was not available Dr Denton Cooley implanted the Liotta-Cooley artificial heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

platform shoes 1969

 

 

Platform shoes in fashion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

concord jet 1969

 

 

 

Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England

 

 

 

 

 

 

wendys 1969

November 15 Wendy's Hamburgers opens

 

U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)

 

University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar in Crab Nebula

 

Walt Disney World construction begins

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1969 Toys & Gadgets

 

 

nerf ball 1969

Parker Brothers markets the first Nerf ball, a polyurethane foam ball that is safe for indoor play. By year's end, more than four million Nerf balls are sold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

weebles 1969

 

 


Weebles first came into play branded by Romper Room and sold to Hasbro in 1969 where they came to represent all sorts of brands from Sesame Street to Disney and so on...

 

 

 

nintendo 1969

 

Nintendo's first game department was established named simply "Games" in Uji City, Japan.




  

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