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2020: The first MRNA vaccine to be approved by public health medicines regulators is co-developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for COVID-19. [556] 2020: OpenAI demonstrated an Artificial Intelligence model called GPT-3. The program was created to generate human-like responses when given prompts. [557] 2022: Pfizer develops the world's first pill for ...
Pages in category "20th-century inventions" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
9th century – The sine quadrant, was invented by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th century at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. [3]: 128 The other types were the universal quadrant, the horary quadrant and the astrolabe quadrant. 10th century – sea-going junk ships built in China. Late 10th century – Kamal invented in Arab world.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
The system became the highest-selling video game console in history. March 12 : Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages. March 17 : 778 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in Uganda .
But it was not until 1929 that Earle Haas of Denver first invented the modern tampon with an applicator. Dr. Haas submitted the design for patent in 1931, and in 1936, the tampon was first sold in the United States. He later gave his invention the brandname Tampax, which is still one of the main tampon brands today. [225] [226] 1929 Eyelash curler
5. Play-Doh. Who: Kay Zufall, Brian, Joseph McVicker, Bill Rhodenbaugh When: 1956 . How it was created: The gooey toy kids have been playing with for decades began as a household cleaning product ...
The 20th century saw mathematics become a major profession. As in most areas of study, the explosion of knowledge in the scientific age has led to specialization: by the end of the century there were hundreds of specialized areas in mathematics and the Mathematics Subject Classification was dozens of pages long. [72]