1959 Event Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market 1951 Event Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor at Murray Hill, New Jersey 1948 Event Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs 1947 Event Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1908 Birthday John Bardeen, U.S., physicist, transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972
