The first long-playing (LP) phonograph record was introduced by Columbia Records. It held six times as much music as previous records and helped create the modern recording industry.
• Bell Laboratories’ physicists invented the transistor. Smaller, cheaper, and faster than a vacuum tube, it revolutionized the field of electronics.
• Edwin Land invented the Polaroid Land® camera. It was the first camera to produce finished prints “instantly” – in this case, 60 seconds. It sold for $89.75.
• Holography was invented by Dennis Gabor. The technique created three-dimensional images.