1980 Event Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1975 Event 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 1958 Event CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records 1954 Event Bell labs announces 1st solar battery 1948 Event Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs 1947 Event Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1938 Event Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) 1936 Event Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 1920 Birthday An Wang, founder, Wang Labs, Wang Computers
