List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones

A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  Please feel free to suggest others to ieee-history@ieee.org  -- or even better -- propose an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the Milestone Guidelines for more information on the milestone process. There is also a list according to regions of milestones which have already been dedicated.

Last updated: 10 January 2017

Date	Milestone	Associated person	Location	IEEE Region
4th Century Bce	Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, (could Also Be 1040-44, Book collection of Most Important Military Techniques, Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China)	Wang Xu	Defeng County, Henan, China	10
1617	Napier's Bones	Napier	Edinburgh, Scotland	8
1621	Slide Rule	Oughtred	Albury, England	8
1623	Mechanical Calculator	Schichard	Tuebingen, Germany	8
1642	Advanced Calculator	Pascal	Paris, France	8
1671	Reliable Calculator	Liebniz	Mainz, Germany	8
1729	Discovery of Conduction	Gray	London	8
1745	"Leyden Jar" type Capacitator	Ewald G. von Kleist	Germany	8
1746	Leyden Jar	Pieter van Musschenbroek	Leyden, Netherlands	8
1790	Galvanism	Galvani	Bologna, Italy	8
1808	Arc Lighting	Davy	England	8
1810	Electrolytic Telegraph	Von Sommering	Munich, Germany	8
1819	Discovery of Current/Magnetism	Oersted	Denmark	8
1824	Electromagnet	Sturgeon	London, England	8
1824	Galvanometer	Ampere	Paris, France	8
1824	Thermocouple	Seebech	Berlin, Germany	8
1828	Electric Motor	Henry	Albany, NY, USA	1
1828	Ohm's Law/resistance	Ohm	Cologne, Germany	8
1830	Bimetallic Thermostat	Ure	Glasgow, Scotland	8
1831	Discovery of Induction	Faraday	London, England	8
1833	Difference Engine	Babbage	Cambridge, England	8
1833	Electric Telegraph Key	Gauss/weber	Goettingen, Germany	8
1834	Early Electric Light	Lindsay	Dundee, Scotland	8
1836	Electric Telegraph	Cooke & Wheatsone	London, England	8
1837	Analytical Engine	Babbage	London, England	8
1837	Practical Electric Motor	Davenport	Rutland, VT, USA	1
1840	Electroplating	Wright	Birmingham, England	8
1840	First program	Ada Augusta	London, England	8
1844	Washington-Baltimore Telegraph	Morse	Maryland, USA	2
1850	Kirchoff's Laws	Kirchoff	Koenigsberg, Germany	8
1854	Electric Loom	Bonelli	Turin, Italy	8
1854	Printing Telegraph	Hughes	Kentucky, USA	3
1856	Shuttle-wound Armature	Von Siemens	Berlin, Germany	8
1859	Discovery of Cathode Rays	Pluker	Bonn, Germany	8
1859	Storage Battery	Plante	France	8
1860	Arc Welding	Wilde	London	8
1863	Early Generator	Paccinotti	Italy	8
1868	Primary Dry Cell	Leclanche	France	8
1873	DC Generator/lighthouses	Gramme	Belgium	8
1874	Early Electric Car	Salomans	Kent, England	8
1875	Electric Dental Drill	Green	Kalamazoo, MI, USA	4
1877	Dynamic Microphone	Curtis/Reddi	Boston	1
1877	Dynamic Microphone	Siemens	Germany	8
1877	Resistance Welding	Thompson	Philadelphia, Pa, USA	2
1877	Telephone Switchboard	Holmes	Boston, MA, USA	1
1878	Alternator	Gramme/Fonta	France	8
1878	Alternator	Siemens	Germany	8
1879	Commercial Use of Arc-lighting	Brush	Cleveland, Oh, USA	2
1880	Contributions of Lewis Latimer	Latimer	New York	1
1880	Early Hydroelectric Site	Numerous	Grand Rapids, MI, USA	4
1880	First Electrically Lit Town	Numerous	Wabash, Indiana	4
1881	Commercial Music Over Wire	Cahill	Holyoke, Mass., USA	1
1881	Solar-powered Pump	Adams	Bombay, India	10
1881	Transformer	Gaulard/Gibb	Paris, France	8
1882	Elektromote Trackless Car	Von Siemens	Halensee, Germany	8
1882	Commercial Electric Fan	Crocker/Curt	New York, NY, USA	1
1882	Early Hydroelectric Site	Brush	Minneapolis, MN, USA	4
1882	Early Hydroelectric Site	Calder/Barre	Surrey, England	8
1882	Electric Iron	Seely	New York, NY, USA	1
1882	Electric Mine Railway	Von Siemens	Saxony, Germany	8
1885	Magnetic Circuit Theory	Hopkinson	London, England	8
1885	Mass Production of Edison Lamps	Thomson	Lynn, Ma	1
1886	Bayonet Cap Light Bulb	Swan	Newcastle-on-Tyne, England	8
1886	Electric Heater	Burton	Richmond, VA, USA	3
1886	Electric Submarine	Peral	Spain	8
1886	Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium	Hall	Oberlin, OH, USA	2
1886	Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium	Herault	Paris, France	8
1886	First Electric Trolley System	Numerous people	Montgomery, AL, USA	3
1887	Electric Elevator	Von Siemens	Mannheim, Germany	8
1888	AC Induction Motor	Tesla	New York	1
1888	AC Induction Motor	Ferraris	Turin, Italy	8
1889	Automatic Telephone Exchange	Strowger	Kansas City, MO, USA	4
1889	Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant	Numerous	Minas Gerais, Brazil	9
1890	Electric Motor Car	Morrison	Des Moines, Iowa	4
1890	High-frequency Generator	Thomson	Chicago, USA	4
1890	Long-distance AC Transmission	Numerous Inventors	Williamette Falls, Or	6
1890	Punched-card Machine	Holerith	Washington, DC, USA	2
1892	Lorentz Paper On The Electron	Lorentz	Benelux section	8
1893	Coney Island Electric Escalator	Reno	Brooklyn, NY, USA	1
1895	X-rays	Roentgen	Wuerzburg, Germany	8
1897	CRT	Braun	Strausbourg, Germany	8
1897	Discovery of Electron	Thomson	Cambridge, England	8
1899	Loading Coil	Pupin	At&t,	1
1899	Magnetic Recording	Poulsen	Denmark	8
1901	Electric Typewriter	Cahill	Washington, DC, USA	2
1901	Mercury Discharge Lamp	Cooper	Hewit, NY, USA	1
1902	Early Broadcast	Stubblefield	Murphy, KY, USA	3
1902	Oscilloscope	Ryan	Ithaca, NY, USA	1
1902	George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector	Birmingham	England	8
1904	Transposition of AC lines	Frank Fowle	New York, NY	1
1906	Crystal Detector	Dunwoody/Pic	Washington, DC, USA	2
1906	Crystal Detector	Braun	Germany	8
1906	Sound Film	Lauste	Brixton, England	8
1906	Telephone Amplifier Tube	Von Lieben	Vienna, Austria	8
1906	Triode	DeForrest	US	1
1906	Electromagnetic Seismograph	Dorpat	Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia	8
1907	Cinema Projection System	Bell and Howell	USA	4
1907	Upright Vacuum Cleaner	Spangler	New Berlin, OH, USA	2
1910	Ni-Cd Battery	Jungner	Sweden	8
1910	Radio Direction Finder	Bellini/Tosiboulogne	France	8
1910	Tungsten Filament	Coolidge	Us	1
1911	Automobile Self Starter	Kettering	Dayton, OH, USA	2
1914	Electric Traffic Light	Benesch	Cleveland, OH, USA	2
1915	1st Transcontinental Telephone	Bell and Watson	San Francisco	6
1915	2nd Transcontinental Telephone	Bell and Watson	Washington, DC, USA	3
1916	Radio Telephone	Numerous	Arlington, Virginia	2
1916	Radio Telephone	Numerous	San Francisco	6
1917	Superheterodyne	Armstrong	Columbia University, New York City	1
1917	Superheterodyne	Levy	France	8
1917	VHF	Marconi	Wales	8
1918	Electric Refrigerator	Wales Et Al.	Detroit, USA	4
1918	Practical AC Clock	Warren	Ashland, MA, USA	1
1919	Neutrodyne Hazeltine	Hoboken	NJ, USA	1
1919	Permanent Electrostatic Fields	Eguchi	Japan	10
1921	Magnetron	Hall	Schenectady, NY, USA	1
1923	PNJ Interconnection	Numerous	Valley, Forge, PA, USA	1
1924	Stereo Phonography	Keller	Bell Labs	1
1925	Cinemascope	Chretien	France	8
1925	Electrodynamic Loudspeaker	Numerous	Schenectady, NY, USA	1
1925	Quartz Crystal Watch	Numerous	New York	1
1926	All-electric Gramaphone	Brunswick	Chicago, USA	4
1926	Mechanical TV/1st TV License	Baird	London, England	8
1926	South Africa Lightning Research	Numerous	Capetown, South Africa	8
1927	1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer	Numerous Inventors	Hollywood, USA	6
1927	All-electric Juke Box	Harrison	WestChicago, USA	4
1927	Differential Analyzer	Bush	Cambridge, MA, USA	1
1927	Negative Feedback Amp	Black	Bell Labs	1
1927	Pentode	Holst/Tellegen	Eindhoven, Netherlands	8
1927	Pop-up Toaster	Strite	Stillwater, MN, USA	4
1927	Technicolor	Kalmusetal	Cambridge, MA, USA	1
1928	All-electronic TV	Farnsworth	USA	6
1928	Geiger Tube	Geiger/Mulletuebingen	Germany	8
1929	Coaxial Cable	Numerous	New York, NY, USA	1
1929	Electro-encephalogram	Berger	Jena, Germany	8
1929	Electron Microscope	Knoll/Ruska	Berlin, Germany	8
1929	Recording Tape	Pfleumer	Austria,	8
1930	Fm	Armstrong	Columbia University, New York City	1
1931	Commercial Electric Guitar	Rickenbacker	Los Angeles, CA, USA	6
1931	Crystal Microphone	Sawyer	Cleveland Hts., OH, USA	2
1931	Electric Razor	Schick	Stamford, CT, USA	1
1931	Iconoscope	Zworykin	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	2
1932	TVA	Numerous	Muscle Shoals, AL	3
1933	Wind Turbine Connected To Grid	Balaclava	Ukraine	8
1934	Tone Wheel Electric Organ	Hammond/Hane	Chicago, IL, USA	4
1934	Diesel-electric Traction	Kettering	Cleveland, OH, USA	2
1934	Radio Beam Aerial Navigation	Plendl	Rechlin, Germany	8
1935	Early Radar	Watson-Watt	London, England	8
1935	IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter	numerous	Endicott, NY, USA	1
1936	AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape	Numerous	Berlin, Germany	8
1936	Boulder Dam	Numerous	Boulder City, NV, USA	6
1938	Klystron	Varian brothers	Silicon Valley, CA, USA	6
1938	Xerography	Carlson	New York, NY, USA	1
1939	1st Electronic-digital Computerat	Anasoff/Beames	IA, USA	4
194?	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell	Stanford and Harvard, USA	1
1941	Honeywell Electronic Autopilot	Numerous	Minneapolis, MN, USA	4
1941	Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine	Putnam	Grandpa's Knob, VT	1
1943	IBM Mark I	Numerous	Endicott, NY, USA	1
1943	Special-purpose Electronic Computer (colossus)	Newman/Flowers	Buckinghamshire, England	8
1946	Project Diana (ASC Electronics)	Numerous Inventors	Wall, NJ, USA	1
1948	Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating	Libby	Chicago, IL, USA	4
1948	Experimental Cable TV	Numerous Inventors	Oregon, USA	6
1948	LP	Goldmark	CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA	1
1949	Electric Guitar	Fender	Anaheim, CA, USA	6
1952	Cinerama	Numerous	New York, USA	1
1952	Compiler	Hopper	Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA	1
1952	Magnetic Core Memory	Wang	Harvard University,	1
1952	Univac I	Mauchley/Eckert	Philadelphia, pa, USA	2
1954	Regency Portable Transistor	Radpies&Koch	Indianapolis, In, USA	4
1956	Commercial Nuclear Power Generation	Shippingport	PA, USA	2
1956	Fortran Programming Language	Backus	New York,	1
1956	IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core	Numerous	SanJose, CA, USA	6
1956	Atomichron	National Co. Inc	Melrose, Massachusetts, USA	1
1956	Flight Data Recorder ("black Box")	Ryan	University of Minnesota, MN, USA	4
1957	Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars	Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.	2
1957	Alkaline battery	Lewis Urry	Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.	2
1958	TI Silicon Junction Transistor	Teal	TI, Dallas, TX, USA	5
1958	Van Allen Belts	Van Allen	Ames, IA, USA	4
1959	Point-to-point Microwave Radio	Numerous	Vancouver, Canada	7
1959	Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled	Numerous	Port Arthur, Tx, USA	5
1959	Tunnel Diode	Esaki	Tokyo, Japan	10
1960	COBOL	Numerous	Washington, DC, USA	2
1962	GE LED	Numerous	Syracuse, NY, USA	1
1962	Implantable Pacemaker	Greatbach	Clarence, NewYork	1
1962	Unimation Industrial Robot	Numerous	Danbury, Ma, USA	1
1962	Space War: 1st Computer Game	Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen	Brand, Stanford University, USA	6
1963	Langmuir Lab	Numerous	New Mexico	6
1963	Instant replay	Tony Verna	Philadelphia	2
1964	Basic	Kurtz	Hanover, NH, USA	1
1964	IBM 360	Numerous	Endicott, NY, USA	1
1964	Laser Holography	Numerous Inventors	Ann Arbor, MI, USA	4
1964	Voltage-controlled Music Synth	Moog	Trumansburg, NY, USA	1
1965	PDP-8	Numerous	Boston, MA, USA	1
1965	Affordable Home Smoke Detector	Lakewood	Colorado, USA	5
1967	Dolby Sound	Dolby	London, England	1
1967	Viterbi Algorithm	Viterbi	California, USA	6
197?	Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) scans	Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfeld	England	8
1970	Pascal	Wirth	Zurich, Switzerland	8
1970	Codd's Relational Database Paper	Codd	San Jose, CA, USA	6
1971	Intel 4004	Grove et al.	Silicon Valley, USA	6
1971	Microprocessor	Hoff et al.	Silicon Valley, USA	6
1972	Cochlear Implant	Graeme/Clark	Australia	10
1972	Xerox Alto	Palo Alto	CA, USA	6
1973	Ethernet	Metcalfe	EtPaloAlto, CA, USA	6
1974	First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A)	Numerous	Englewood, NJ, USA	1
1979	Oracle Database	Ellison	Menlo Park, CA, USA	6
1980	Mandelbrot article on fractals	Mandlebrot	Yorktown Heights, NY, USA	1
1981	Scanning Tunneling Microscope	IBM Labs	Zurich, Switzerland	8
1982	Sun 1	Palo Alto	CA, USA	6