The World's First Credit Card (1950)
In 1950, the Diners’ Club issued the first credit card, invented by Diners' Club founder Frank McNamara, in the United States for use in restaurants, with American Express...

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Super Glue (1951)
Superglue is actually a chemical substance called cyanoacrylate that was originally discovered by Dr. Harry Coover during a research project to develop an...

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Mr Potato Head (1952)
Mr. Potato Head was invented and patented in 1952 by George Lerner of New York. The idea was based on an earlier toy known as “make a face” where an actual potato...

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The Black Box Flight Recorder (1953)
David Warren of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne, Australia was involved in the accident investigations related to the mysterious crash of...

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The World's First MacDonalds (1954)
A McDonalds restaurant existed before 1954 but it was the introduction of Ray Kroc to the business in 1954 that began the seemingly endless colonisation of the globe...

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Liquid Paper (1956)
Bette Nesmith Graham never set out to be an inventor, here vocation in life was to be an artist. However, shortly after the Second World War ended she found herself...

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The Hovercraft (1956)
The hovercraft was invented by Christopher Cockerell in 1956. The theory behind one of the most successful inventions of the 20th century, the Hovercraft, was originally...

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The Hula Hoop (1957)
Throughout history, the hula hoop has been used in various cultures for a number of purposes. In ancient Greece, citizens used the hula hoop as a form of exercise...

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