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101. Duggar Discovers Aureomycin, the First of the Tetracyclines
102. Echo, the First Passive Communications Satellite, Is Launched
103. Eckert and Mauchly Develop the ENIAC
104. Eddington Formulates the Mass-Luminosity Law for Stars
105. Eddington Publishes The Internal Constitution of the Stars
106. Edison Introduces the Kinetophone to Show the First Talking Pictures
107. Ehrlich and Metchnikoff Conduct Pioneering Research in Immunology
108. Einstein Completes His Theory of General Relativity
109. Einstein Develops His Theory of the Photoelectric Effect
110. Einthoven Develops the Forerunner of the Electrocardiogram
111. The Electric Washing Machine Is Introduced
112. Elster and Geitel Demonstrate Radioactivity in Rocks, Springs, and Air
113. Elster and Geitel Devise the First Practical Photoelectric Cell
114. Erlich Develops DNA Fingerprinting from a Single Hair
115. Evans Discovers the Minoan Civilization on Crete
116. Evidence Is Found of a Worldwide Catastrophe at the End of the Cretaceous Period
117. Fabry Quantifies Ozone in the Upper Atmosphere
118. Favaloro Develops the Coronary Artery Bypass Operation
119. Fermi Creates the First Controlled Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction
120. Fermi Proposes the Neutrino Theory of Beta Decay
121. Fessenden Perfects Radio by Transmitting Music and Voice
122. The First Atomic Bomb Is Successfully Detonated
123. The First Color Television Broadcast Takes Place
124. The First Commercial Genetic Engineering Product, Humulin, Is Marketed by Eli Lilly
125. The First Commercial Test of Fiber-Optic Telecommunications Is Conducted
126. The First German U-Boat Submarine Is Launched
127. The First Jet Plane Using Whittle’s Engine Is Flown
128. The First Jumbo Jet Service Is Introduced
129. The First Laser Is Developed in the United States
130. The First Permanently Manned Space Station Is Launched
131. The First Ring Around Jupiter Is Discovered
132. The First Rocket with More than One Stage Is Created
133. The First Space Walk Is Conducted from Voskhod 2
134. The First Successful Human Embryo Transfer Is Performed
135. The First Synthetic Vat Dye, Indanthrene Blue, Is Synthesized
136. The First Tracking and Data-Relay Satellite System Opens a New Era in Space Communications
137. The First Transatlantic Telephone Cable Is Put into Operation
138. The First Transcontinental Telephone Call Is Made
139. Fleming Discovers Penicillin in Molds
140. Fleming Files a Patent for the First Vacuum Tube
141. The Floppy Disk Is Introduced for Storing Data Used by Computers
142. Florey and Chain Develop Penicillin as an Antibiotic
143. The Fokker Aircraft Are the First Airplanes Equipped with Machine Guns
144. Fréchet Introduces the Concept of Abstract Space
145. Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie Develop the First Artificial Radioactive Element
146. The French Expedition at Susa Discovers the Hammurabi Code
147. Frisch Discovers That Bees Communicate Through Body Movements
148. Gabor Develops the Basic Concept of Holography
149. Gagarin Becomes the First Human to Orbit Earth
150. Gamow and Associates Develop the Big Bang Theory