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Technology of 1953
Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Norkay and Hillary conquer Everest
In 1948 Linus Pauling discovered that that proteins take the shape of helix spiraling like a spring coil. With that starting point Francis Crick and James Watson showed that each strand of the DNA molecule was a template for the other and copied themselves.DNA's discovery has been called the most important biological work of the 20th century. Discovery of DNA
First to break the sound barrier in 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.43 in a Bell X-1A rocket plane. Chuck Yeager
Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory
The first privately operated atomic reactor is fired up in Raleigh NC.
The first transcontinental jet airliner offers nonstop scheduled service
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