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1964 Technology & Gadgets
The 8 Track - Offically called the Stereo 8 was created and introduced in 1964 by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation. It was not until 1965 that Ford Motor Company (Motorola) introduced dealer-installed 8-track players with the Mustang. By 1966 not only did all car companies offer them but 8 track home players hit the market which began the demise of the vinyl record. In the early Seventies once the techology was found to improve the sound quality (Dolby) on smaller recordable cassettes, the 8 track quickly fell from grace.
Three high school friends in Hoboken, N.J., open the first BLIMPIE on Washington St. |
1964 Toys & Gadgets
Mattel introduces the Thingmaker under the brand name Creepy Crawlers. It consists ofliquid Plasti-Goop which is poured into metal molds and heated. The rubbery replicas of yucky insects were pimarily created to scare parents as the kids put them on clothes, in cereal bowls and plates of mashed potatoes.
G.I. Joe - With the success of Barbie, Stan Weston who coined the phrase "action figure" took the idea of a military doll (based on the television series The Lieutenant) to Don Levine at Hasbro. The rest is history.
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