In 1973, the General Motors research team invented the first car safety air bags that were first offered in the Chevrolet as an option.

In 1829, scientists discovered that it was the compound called salicin in willow plants that was responsible for pain relief. But Hippocrates, 5th century B.C.

In 1939, Einstein and other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to build an atomic bomb. Shortly thereafter the USA started the Manhattan Pr.