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Milestones By Year Dedicated And Region
To see a map of Milestones, click here: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Map
To see a list of dedicated milestones sorted by IEEE Regions, click here: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_Milestones_by_Region
To see a chronological list of dedicated IEEE milestones by date of the achievement, click here: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones
Interested in proposing a milestone? Any IEEE member can submit a milestone proposal. Here is a list of important achievements suitable for proposal, and which we encourage a proposer to submit. This list is not exclusive; if you know of other achievements you wish to submit, you are welcome to do so.
The Milestone program is made possible by donations. Please consider supporting the IEEE History Center’s work by making a donation to IEEE Foundation - History Center Fund
Year Dedicated
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Short Name
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Region
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Dedication #
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1977
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Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant
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4
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1
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1977
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Mill Creek Hydroelectric Plant
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6
|
2
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1982
|
Electrification of New York and New Haven Railroad
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1
|
3
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1984
|
Stanford Linear Accelerator
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6
|
4
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1985
|
Landing of transatlantic telegraph
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7
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5
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1985
|
Reception of transatlantic radio signals
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7
|
6
|
1985
|
Westinghouse atom smasher
|
2
|
7
|
1986
|
First Central station in South Carolina
|
3
|
8
|
1987
|
One-way police radio
|
4
|
9
|
1987
|
Two-way police radio
|
1
|
10
|
1987
|
FM police radio
|
1
|
11
|
1987
|
ENIAC
|
2
|
12
|
1988
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Morse telegraph
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1
|
13
|
1988
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Ames Hydroelectric station
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5
|
14
|
1989
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Manufacture of transistors
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2
|
15
|
1990
|
Transcontinental telegraph
|
5
|
16
|
1990
|
Adams hydroelectric plant
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1
|
17
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1990
|
Atanasoff-Berry computer
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4
|
18
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1990
|
MIT radiation lab
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1
|
19
|
1991
|
Shoshone transmission line
|
5
|
20
|
1992
|
Richmond Passenger railway
|
3
|
21
|
1992
|
Alexanderson Radio alternator
|
1
|
22
|
1993
|
Alouette-Isis satellite
|
7
|
23
|
1994
|
Poulsen Arc radio transmitter
|
8
|
24
|
1994
|
KDKA radio station
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2
|
25
|
1995
|
Yagi antenna
|
10
|
26
|
1999
|
Volta’s battery
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8
|
27
|
1999
|
Georgetown steam/hydro plant
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5
|
28
|
1999
|
Operational use of wireless
|
8
|
29
|
1999
|
Merril wheel balancing system
|
5
|
30
|
1999
|
First wearable cardiac pacemaker
|
4
|
31
|
2000
|
County Kerry transatlantic telegraph
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8
|
32
|
2000
|
Opana radar
|
6
|
33
|
2000
|
Mount Fuji radar
|
10
|
34
|
2000
|
Shinkansen
|
10
|
35
|
2001
|
Chivilingo hydroelectric plant
|
9
|
36
|
2001
|
Transmission of transatlantic radio
|
8
|
37
|
2001
|
Byrd Antarctic shortwave
|
4
|
38
|
2001
|
US Naval Computing lab
|
2
|
39
|
2001
|
Color television
|
2
|
40
|
2001
|
Arecibo radio telescope
|
9
|
41
|
2001
|
Electrical technology for space launches
|
3
|
42
|
2002
|
Shannon electrification
|
8
|
43
|
2002
|
Transatlantic Transmission of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR)
|
1
|
44
|
2002
|
Transatlantic reception of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR) Plumeur-Boudeau
|
8
|
44
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2002
|
Transatlantic television by satellite (TELSTAR) Goonhilly
|
8
|
44
|
2002
|
Work on quartz wristwatch
|
8
|
45
|
2003
|
Marconi early wireless experiments (Salvan)
|
8
|
46
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2003
|
Franklin’s London work
|
8
|
47
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2003
|
Panama Canal electrical installations
|
9
|
48
|
2003
|
Bletchley Park code breaking
|
8
|
49
|
2004
|
Boston electric fire alarm
|
1
|
50
|
2004
|
Alternating Current electrification Great Barrington, MA
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1
|
51
|
2004
|
Boston Rapid transit power system
|
1
|
52
|
2004
|
Decew Falls hydroelectric plant
|
7
|
53
|
2004
|
Fleming valve
|
8
|
54
|
2004
|
Experimental Breeder Reactor
|
6
|
55
|
2004
|
Commercial quartz wristwatch
|
10
|
56
|
2004
|
Lempel-Ziv algorithm
|
8
|
57
|
2005
|
Popov’s radio work
|
8
|
58
|
2005
|
Vucje Hydroelectric plant
|
8
|
59
|
2005
|
RAMAC
|
6
|
60
|
2005
|
Taum Sauk Pumped Storage plant
|
5
|
61
|
2005
|
First 735 kV AC transmission system
|
7
|
62
|
2005
|
CERN instrumentation
|
8
|
63
|
2005
|
Nelson River HVDC
|
7
|
64
|
2005
|
Pioneering work on electronic calculators
|
10
|
65
|
2006
|
Callan’s Pioneering contributions
|
8
|
66
|
2006
|
First intelligible speech over wire
|
1
|
67
|
2006
|
Edison site at Menlo Park
|
1
|
68
|
2006
|
WEIZAC computer
|
8
|
69
|
2006
|
TAT-1 telephone cable (3 separate plaques)
|
7,8
|
70
|
2006
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
2
|
71
|
2006
|
Development of VHS
|
10
|
72
|
2007
|
Early remote-control
|
8
|
73
|
2007
|
Railroad ticketing examining system
|
10
|
74
|
2008
|
First distant speech transmission
|
7
|
75
|
2008
|
Edison Lab and Factory at West Orange
|
1
|
76
|
2008
|
Pinawa Hydroelectric
|
7
|
77
|
2008
|
Fessenden broadcast
|
1
|
78
|
2008
|
Largest DC generating plant in USA
|
1
|
79
|
2008
|
Japanese word processor
|
10
|
80
|
2009
|
Yosami transmitting station
|
10
|
81
|
2009
|
HP-35 Hand-held electronic calculator
|
6
|
82
|
2009
|
Compact Disc Audio Player
|
8
|
83
|
2009
|
Speak and Spell
|
5
|
84
|
2009
|
Japanese electronic television
|
10
|
85
|
2009
|
Maxwell's equations
|
8
|
86
|
2009
|
Franklin "Experiments and Observations" Philadelphia
|
2
|
87
|
2009
|
Ferrite Materials
|
10
|
88
|
2009
|
First Transistor
|
1
|
89
|
2009
|
Semiconductor Integrated Circuit
|
5
|
90
|
2009
|
IBM T. J. Watson Research Lab
|
1
|
91
|
2009
|
Transpacific Reception of TV via Satellite
|
10
|
92
|
2009
|
Planar process integrated circuit
|
6
|
93
|
2009
|
Shilling early telegraph work
|
8
|
94
|
2009
|
First external pacemaker
|
7
|
95
|
2009
|
Birthplace of Internet
|
6
|
96
|
2009
|
Inception of ARPANET
|
6
|
97
|
2010
|
Kurobe Hydropower Plant
|
10
|
98
|
2010
|
Commercialization of Photovoltaic Cells
|
10
|
99
|
2010
|
Star of Laufenburg Interconnection
|
8
|
100
|
2010
|
TIROS Satellite
|
1
|
101
|
2010
|
Discovery of Radioconduction (Branly)
|
8
|
102
|
2010
|
Invention of Public-key Cryptography
|
8
|
103
|
2010
|
First TV Broadcast in Western Canada
|
7
|
104
|
2010
|
Demonstration of Working Laser
|
6
|
105
|
2010
|
Radio Astronomy Using VLBI
|
7
|
106
|
2010
|
First 16-bit Monolithic DAC
|
5
|
107
|
2010
|
TRIUMF Cyclotron
|
7
|
108
|
02/24/2011
|
Eel River HVDC Converter
|
7
|
109
|
2/4/2011
|
Mercury Spacecraft controls
|
5
|
110
|
2/20/2011
|
SPICE Circuit Simulation Program
|
6
|
111
|
4/8/2011
|
Discovery of Superconductivity
|
8
|
112
|
4/29/2011
|
Marconi’s Early Experiments in Wireless Telgraphy (Villa Griffone)
|
8
|
113
|
5/10/2011
|
Pearl Street Station
|
1
|
114
|
7/20/2011
|
Lunar Module
|
1
|
115
|
11/18/2011
|
First Satellite Broadcast to the Public
|
10
|
116
|
12/8/2011
|
Real-Time Packet Switching
|
1
|
117
|
12/12/2011
|
Apollo Guidance Computer
|
1
|
118
|
1/31/2012
|
Field Effect Electron Microscope
|
10
|
119
|
4/5/2012
|
G3 Facsimile
|
10
|
120
|
5/1/2012
|
Low Loss Optical Fiber
|
1
|
121
|
6/21/2012
|
B&O Railroad electrification
|
2
|
122
|
6/27/2012
|
LORAN
|
1
|
123
|
6/27/2012
|
Whirlwind Computer
|
1
|
124
|
6/27/2012
|
SAGE system
|
1
|
125
|
8/3/2012
|
First Reliable HV Fuse
|
4
|
126
|
8/21/2012
|
Floating Gate EEPROM
|
6
|
127
|
9/15/2012
|
Bose experiments in radio
|
10
|
128
|
9/15/2012
|
Raman Effect
|
10
|
129
|
10/22/2012
|
Bar Code
|
2
|
130
|
10/26/2012
|
First Optical Fiber Laser and Amplifier
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1, Photonics Society
|
131
|
12/14/2012
|
Rincon del Bonete Hydroelectric
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9
|
132
|
12/6/2013
|
Invention of Holography
|
8
|
133
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5/7/2013
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Krka-Sibenik Power Plant
|
8
|
134
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10/29/2013
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Toshiba T1100 Laptop Computer
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10
|
135
|
15 Dec 2013
|
First AIEE Technical Meeting 1884
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2
|
136
|
31 January 2014
|
Unidirectional Microphone
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4
|
137
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12 April 2014
|
Battery Industries in Japan, 1893
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10
|
138
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25 April 2014
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Birth of CP/M Operating System, 1974
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6
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139
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22 May 2014
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LSP Speech Coding
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10
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140
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10 June 2014
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Thin Film Transistor
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10
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141
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5 August 2014
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First Breaking of Enigma, 1932-1939
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8
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142
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18 August 2014
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Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester, 1975
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10
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143
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9 September 2014
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Digital Image from Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1978
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7
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144
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24 September 2014
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First Blind Flight, 1929
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1
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145
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25 September 2014
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Rheinfelden Hydroelectric Plant, 1898
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8
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146
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5 November 2014
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20-inch Photomultiplier Tubes, 1979
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10
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147
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11 November 2014
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First Transpacific Cable, 1964
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6, 10
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148
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17 November 2014
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High-Temperature Superconductivity, 1987
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5
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149
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5 December 2014
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Hertz Experimental Proof of Electromagnetic Waves, 1886-1888
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8
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150
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18 December 2014
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Bell Telephone Labs, 1925-1983
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1
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151
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