1987 Death Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 1956 Event Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen 1947 Event Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1902 Birthday Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956-transistor
