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Major Inventions
Inventions, credited inventors, years, and countries.
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| ID | Invention | Inventor | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Television | Philo Farnsworth | 1927 | United States |
| 43 | Penicillin | Alexander Fleming | 1928 | Scotland |
| 44 | Jet engine | Frank Whittle | 1930 | England |
| 45 | Ballpoint pen | Laszlo Biro | 1938 | Hungary |
| 46 | Helicopter | Igor Sikorsky | 1939 | United States |
| 47 | Electronic computer | John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert | 1945 | United States |
| 48 | Transistor | Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley | 1947 | United States |
| 49 | Integrated circuit | Jack Kilby | 1958 | United States |
| 50 | Laser | Theodore Maiman | 1960 | United States |
| 51 | World Wide Web | Tim Berners-Lee | 1989 | Switzerland |
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Last checked against sources: October 15, 2026.
Last changed: July 19, 2026. This is when we last changed the data or its description. It doesn’t mean the data runs up to that date.
- Wikipedia: Timeline of historic inventions (used with permission)
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