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1951 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.
The year 1951 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Biology
Pages in category "Products introduced in 1951" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
1951: Magic 8-Ball . This toy is a fortune teller's dream come true! ... This pre-compressed spring was invented in the '40s, but it didn't gain worldwide popularity until the early '50s ...
A UNIVAC I at the United States Census Bureau in 1951 UNIVAC I operator's console UNIVAC I at Franklin Life Insurance Company. The UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States.
1951 LEO I 'Lyons Electronic Office' [1] was the commercial development of EDSAC computing platform, supported by British firm J. Lyons and Co. 1953 DYSEAC - an early machine capable of distributing computing; 1955 General Motors Operating System made for IBM 701 [2] MIT's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103 [3] [4] 1956
The patent was applied for in 1959 and granted in 1964. This patent was not accepted by Japan so Japanese businesses could avoid paying any fees, but in 1989 – after a 30-year legal battle – Japan granted the patent; so all Japanese companies paid fees up until the year 2001 – long after the patent became obsolete in the rest of the world.
2004: First podcast, invented by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet and it usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. [543] [544] [545] 2005: YouTube, the first popular video-streaming site, was founded