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== Milestones By Year Dedicated And Region ==
== Milestones By Year Dedicated And Region ==
 


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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 http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones]  
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|-
|'''Year Dedicated'''
| '''Year Dedicated'''  
|'''Short Name'''
| '''Short Name'''  
|'''Region'''
| '''Region'''  
| '''Dedication #'''
|-
| 1977
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Vulcan_Street_Plant,_1882  Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant]
| 4
| 1
|-
| 1977
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mill_Creek_No._1_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1893  Mill Creek Hydroelectric Plant]
| 6
| 2
|-
| 1982
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alternating-Current_Electrification_of_the_New_York,_New_Haven_%26_Hartford_Railroad,_1907  Electrification of New York and New Haven Railroad]
| 1
| 3
|-
| 1984
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Stanford_Linear_Accelerator_Center,_1962  Stanford Linear Accelerator]
| 6
| 4
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Landing_of_the_Transatlantic_Cable,_1866  Landing of transatlantic telegraph]
| 7
| 5
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Reception_of_Transatlantic_Radio_Signals,_1901  Reception of transatlantic radio signals]
| 7
| 6
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Westinghouse_Atom_Smasher,_1937  Westinghouse atom smasher]
| 2
| 7
|-
| 1986
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Central_Station_in_South_Carolina,_1882  First Central station in South Carolina]
| 3
| 8
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:One-Way_Police_Radio_Communication,_1928  One-way police radio]
| 4
| 9
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Two-Way_Police_Radio_Communication,_1933  Two-way police radio]
| 1
| 10
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:FM_Police_Radio_Communication,_1940  FM police radio]
| 1
| 11
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer,_1946  ENIAC]
| 2
| 12
|-
| 1988
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Demonstration_of_Practical_Telegraphy,_1838  Morse telegraph]
| 1
| 13
|-
| 1988
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Ames_Hydroelectric_Generating_Plant,_1891  Ames Hydroelectric station]
| 5
| 14
|-
| 1989
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Manufacture_of_Transistors,_1951  Manufacture of transistors]
| 2
| 15
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Transcontinental_Telegraph,_1861  Transcontinental telegraph]
| 5
| 16
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Adams_Hydroelectric_Generating_Plant,_1895  Adams hydroelectric plant]
| 1
| 17
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Atanasoff-Berry_Computer,_1939  Atanasoff-Berry computer]
| 4
| 18
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:MIT_Radiation_Laboratory,_1940-1945  MIT radiation lab]
| 1
| 19
|-
| 1991
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shoshone_Transmission_Line,_1909  Shoshone transmission line]
| 5
| 20
|-
|-
|1977
| 1992
|Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Richmond_Union_Passenger_Railway,_1888  Richmond Passenger railway]
|4
| 3
| 21
|-
|-
|1982
| 1992
|Electrification of New York and New Haven Raillroad
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alexanderson_Radio_Alternator,_1904  Alexanderson Radio alternator]
|1
| 1  
| 22
|-
|-
|1984
| 1993
|Stanford Linear Accelerator
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alouette-ISIS_Satellite_Program,_1962  Alouette-Isis satellite]
|6
| 7
| 23
|-
|-
|1985
| 1994
|Landing of transatlantic telegraph
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Poulsen-Arc_Radio_Transmitter,_1902  Poulsen Arc radio transmitter]
|7
| 8
| 24
|-
|-
|1985
| 1994
|Reception of transatlantic radio signals
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Westinghouse_Radio_Station_KDKA,_1920  KDKA radio station]
|7
| 2
| 25
|-
|-
|1985
| 1995
|Westinghouse atom smasher
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Directive_Short_Wave_Antenna,_1924  Yagi antenna]
|2
| 10
| 26
|-
|-
|1986
| 1999
|First Central station in South Carolina
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Volta%27s_Electrical_Battery_Invention,_1799  Volta’s battery]
|3
| 8
| 27
|-
|-
|1987
| 1999
|One-way police radio
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Georgetown_Steam_Hydro_Generating_Plant,_1900  Georgetown steam/hydro plant]
|4
| 5
| 28
|-
|-
|1987
| 1999
|Two-way police radio
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Operational_Use_Of_Wireless_Telegraphy,_1899-1902  Operational use of wireless]
|1
| 8
| 29
|-
|-
|1987
| 1999
|FM police radio
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Merrill_Wheel-Balancing_System,_1945  Merril wheel balancing system]
|1
| 5
| 30
|-
|-
|1987
| 1999
|ENIAC
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Wearable_Cardiac_Pacemaker,_1957-1958  First wearable cardiac pacemaker]
|2
| 4
| 31
|-
|-
|1988
| 2000
|Morse telegraph
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:County_Kerry_Transatlantic_Cable_Stations,_1866  County Kerry transatlantic telegraph]
|1
| 8
| 32
|-
|-
|1988
| 2000
|Ames Hydroelectric station
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Opana_Radar_Site,_1941  Opana radar]
|5
| 6
| 33
|-
|-
|1989
| 2000
|Manufacture of transistors
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mount_Fuji_Radar_System,_1964  Mount Fuji radar]
|2
| 10
| 34
|-
|-
|1990
| 2000
|Transcontinental telegraph
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Tokaido_Shinkansen_(Bullet_Train),_1964  Shinkansen]
|5
| 10
| 35
|-
|-
|1990
| 2001
|Adams hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Chivilingo_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1897  Chivilingo hydroelectric plant]
|1
| 9
| 36
|-
|-
|1990
| 2001
|Atanasoff-Berry computer
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Transmission_of_Transatlantic_Radio_Signals,_1901  Transmission of transatlantic radio]
|4
| 8
| 37
|-
|-
|1990
| 2001
|MIT radiation lab
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Long-Range_Shortwave_Voice_Transmissions_from_Byrd%27s_Antarctic_Expedition,_1934  Byrd Antarctic shortwave]
|1
| 4
| 38
|-
|-
|1991
| 2001
|Shoshone transmission line
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:US_Naval_Computing_Machine_Laboratory,_1942-1945  US Naval Computing lab]
|5
| 2
| 39
|-
|-
|1992
| 2001
|Richmond Passenger railway
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Monochrome-Compatible_Electronic_Color_Television,_1946-1953  Color television]
|3
| 2
| 40
|-
|-
|1992
| 2001
|Alexanderson Radio alternator
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:NAIC/Arecibo_Radiotelescope,_1963  Arecibo radio telescope]
|1
| 9
| 41
|-
|-
|1993
| 2001
|Alouette-Isis satellite
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Technology_for_Space_Rocket_Launches,_1950-1969  Electrical technology for space launches]
|7
| 3
| 42
|-
|-
|1994
| 2002
|Poulsen Arc radio transmitter
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shannon_Scheme_for_the_Electrification_of_the_Irish_Free_State,_1929  Shannon electrification]
|8
| 8  
| 43
|-
|-
|1994
| 2002
|KDKA radio station
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Transmission_of_a_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic Transmission of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR)]
|2
| 1
| 44
|-
|-
|1995
| 2002
|Yagi antenna
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Reception_of_a_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic reception of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR) Plumeur-Boudeau]
|10
| 8
| 44
|-
|-
|1997
| 2002
|Mill Creek hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic television by satellite (TELSTAR) Goonhilly]
|6
| 8
| 44
|-
|-
|1999
 
|Volta’s battery 8Georgetown steam/hydro plant
| 2002
|5
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pioneering_Work_on_the_Quartz_Electronic_Wristwatch,_1962-1967  Work on quartz wristwatch]
| 8
| 45
|-
|-
|1999
| 2003
|Operational use of wireless
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Marconi%27s_Early_Wireless_Experiments,_1895  Marconi early wireless experiments (Salvan)]
|8
| 8  
| 46
|-
|-
|1999
| 2003
|Merril wheel balancing system
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Benjamin_Franklin%27s_work_in_London,_1757-1775  Franklin’s London work]
|5
| 8
| 47
|-
|-
|1999
| 2003
|First wearable cardiac pacemaker
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Panama_Canal_Electrical_and_Control_Installations,_1914  Panama Canal electrical installations]
|4
| 9
| 48
|-
|-
|2000
| 2003
|County Kerry transatlantic telegraph
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Code-breaking_at_Bletchley_Park_during_World_War_II,_1939-1945  Bletchley Park code breaking]
|8
| 8  
| 49
|-
|-
|2000
| 2004
|Opana radar
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electric_Fire_Alarm_System,_1852  Boston electric fire alarm]
|6
| 1
| 50
|-
|-
|2000
| 2004
|Mount Fuji radar
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones#Alternating_Current_Electrification.2C_1886_Great_Barrington.2C_MA.2C_U.S.A..2C.26nbsp.3B_Dedicated_2_October_2004_--.26nbsp.3BIEEE_Berkshire_Section.2C  Alternating Current electrification Great Barrington, MA]
|10
| 1
| 51
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Power_System_of_Boston%27s_Rapid_Transit,_1889  Boston Rapid transit power system]
| 1
| 52
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Decew_Falls_Hydro-Electric_Plant,_1898  Decew Falls hydroelectric plant]
| 7
| 53
|-
|-
|2000
| 2004
|Shinkansen
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Fleming_Valve,_1904  Fleming valve]
|10
| 8
| 54
|-
|-
|2001
| 2004
|Chivilingo hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I,_1951  Experimental Breeder Reactor]
|9
| 6
| 55
|-
|-
|2001
| 2004
|Transmission of transatlantic radio
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Quartz_Wristwatch,_1969  Commercial quartz wristwatch]
|8
| 10
| 56
|-
|-
|2001
| 2004
|Byrd Antarctic shortwave
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Lempel-Ziv_Data_Compression_Algorithm,_1977  Lempel-Ziv algorithm]
|4
| 8
| 57
|-
|-
|2001
| 2005
|US Naval Computing lab
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Popov%27s_Contribution_to_the_Development_of_Wireless_Communication,_1895  Popov’s radio work]
|2
| 8
| 58
|-
|-
|2001
| 2005
|Color television
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Vucje_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1903  Vucje Hydroelectric plant]
|2
| 8
| 59
|-
|-
|2001
| 2005
|Arecibo radio telescope
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:RAMAC,_1956  RAMAC]
|9
| 6
| 60
|-
|-
|2001
| 2005
|Electrical technology for space launches
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Taum_Sauk_Pumped-Storage_Electric_Power_Plant,_1963  Taum Sauk Pumped Storage plant]
|3
| 5
| 61
|-
|-
|2002
| 2005
|Shannon electrification
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_735_kV_AC_Transmission_System,_1965  First 735 kV AC transmission system]
|8
| 7
| 62
|-
|-
|2002
| 2005
|Transatlantic television by satellite
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:CERN_Experimental_Instrumentation,_1968  CERN instrumentation]
|1,8
| 8  
| 63
|-
|-
|2002
| 2005
|Work on quartz wristwatch
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Nelson_River_HVDC_Transmission_System,_1972  Nelson River HVDC]
|8
| 7
| 64
|-
|-
|2003
| 2005
|Marconi early wireless experiments
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pioneering_Work_on_Electronic_Calculators,_1964-1973  Pioneering work on electronic calculators]
|8
| 10
| 65
|-
|-
|2003
| 2006
|Franklin’s London work
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Callan%27s_Pioneering_Contributions_to_Electrical_Science_and_Technology,_1836  Callan’s Pioneering contributions]
|8
| 8  
| 66
|-
|-
|2003
| 2006
|Panama Canal electrical installations
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Intelligible_Voice_Transmission_over_Electric_Wire,_1876  First intelligible speech over wire]
|9
| 1
| 67
|-
|-
|2003
| 2006
|Bletchley Park code breaking
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Thomas_Alva_Edison_Historic_Site_at_Menlo_Park,_1876  Edison site at Menlo Park]
|8
| 1
| 68
|-
|-
|2004
| 2006
|Boston electric fire alarm
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:WEIZAC_Computer,_1955  WEIZAC computer]
|1
| 8
| 69
|-
|-
|2004
| 2006
|Alternating Current electrification
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Submarine_Transatlantic_Telephone_Cable_System_(TAT-1),_1956  TAT-1 telephone cable (3 separate plaques)]
|1
| 7,8
| 70
|-
|-
|2004
| 2006
|Boston Rapid transit power system
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Liquid_Crystal_Display,_1968  Liquid Crystal Display]
|1
| 2
| 71
|-
|-
|2004
| 2006
|Decew Falls hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_VHS,_a_World_Standard_for_Home_Video_Recording,_1976  Development of VHS]
|7
| 10
| 72
|-
|-
|2004
| 2007
|Fleming valve
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Early_Developments_in_Remote-Control,_1901  Early remote-control]
|8
| 8  
| 73
|-
|-
|2004
| 2007
|Experimental Breeder Reactor
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Railroad_Ticketing_Examining_System,_1965-1971  Railroad ticketing examining system]
|6
| 10
| 74
|-
|-
|2004
| 2008
|Commercial quartz wristwatch
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Distant_Speech_Transmission_in_Canada,_1876  First distant speech transmission]
|10
| 7
| 75
|-
|-
|2004
| 2008
|Lempel-Ziv algorithm
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Thomas_A._Edison_West_Orange_Laboratories_and_Factories,_1887  Edison Lab and Factory at West Orange]
|8
| 1
| 76
|-
|-
|2005
| 2008
|Popov’s radio work
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pinawa_Hydroelectric_Power_Project,_1906  Pinawa Hydroelectric]
|8
| 7
| 77
|-
|-
|2005
| 2008
|Vucje Hydroelectric plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Wireless_Radio_Broadcast_by_Reginald_A._Fessenden,_1906  Fessenden broadcast]
|8
| 1
| 78
|-
|-
|2005
| 2008
|RAMAC
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Largest_Private_(dc)_Generating_Plant_in_the_U.S.A.,_1929  Largest DC generating plant in USA]
|6
| 1
| 79
|-
|-
|2005
| 2008
|Taum Sauk Pumped Storage plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Word_Processor_for_the_Japanese_Language,_1971-1978  Japanese word processor]
|5
| 10
| 80
|-
|-
|2005
| 2009
|First 735 kV Act transmission system
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Yosami_Radio_Transmitting_Station,_1929  Yosami transmitting station]
|7
| 10
| 81
|-
|-
|2005
| 2009
|CERN instrumentation
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_the_HP-35,_the_First_Handheld_Scientific_Calculator,_1972  HP-35 Hand-held electronic calculator]
|8
| 6
| 82
|-
|-
|2005
| 2009
|Nelson River HVDC
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Compact_Disc_Audio_Player,_1979  Compact Disc Audio Player]
|7
| 8
| 83
|-
|-
|2005
| 2009
|Pioneering work on electronic calculators
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Speak_%26_Spell,_the_First_Use_of_a_Digital_Signal_Processing_IC_for_Speech_Generation,_1978  Speak and Spell]
|10
| 5
| 84
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|Callan’s Pioneering contributions
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_Electronic_Television,_1924-1941 Japanese electronic television]
|8
| 10
| 85
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|First intelligible speech over wire
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Maxwell%27s_Equations,_1860-1871 Maxwell's equations]
|1
| 8
| 86
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|Edison site at Menlo Park
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Book_%E2%80%9CExperiments_and_Observations_on_Electricity%E2%80%9D_by_Benjamin_Franklin,_1751  Franklin "Experiments and Observations" Philadelphia]
|1
| 2
| 87
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|WEIZAC computer
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_Ferrite_Materials_and_Their_Applications,_1930-1945  Ferrite Materials]
|8
| 10
| 88
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|TAT-1 telephone cable
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_the_First_Transistor_at_Bell_Telephone_Laboratories,_Inc.,_1947  First Transistor]
|7,8
| 1  
| 89
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|Liquid Crystal Display
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Semiconductor_Integrated_Circuit_(IC),_1958  Semiconductor Integrated Circuit]
|2
| 5
| 90
|-
|-
|2006
| 2009
|Development of VHS
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:IBM_Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center,_1960_-_1984  IBM T. J. Watson Research Lab]
|10
| 1
| 91
|-
|-
|2007
| 2009
|Early remote-control
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transpacific_Reception_of_a_Television_(TV)_Signal_via_Satellite,_1963  Transpacific Reception of TV via Satellite]
|8
| 10
| 92
|-
|-
|2007
| 2009
|Railroad ticketing examining system
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Semiconductor_Planar_Process_and_Integrated_Circuit,_1959  Planar process integrated circuit]
|10
| 6
| 93
|-
|-
|2008
| 2009
|First distant speech transmission
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shilling%27s_Pioneering_Contribution_to_Practical_Telegraphy,_1828-1837  Shilling early telegraph work]
|7
| 8
| 94
|-
|-
|2008
| 2009
|Edison Lab and Factory at West Orange
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_External_Cardiac_Pacemaker,_1950  First external pacemaker]
|1
| 7
| 95
|-
|-
|2008
| 2009
|Piniwa Hydroelectric
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969  Birthplace of Internet]
|7
| 6
| 96
|-
|-
|2008
| 2009
|Fessenden broadcast
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Inception_of_the_ARPANET,_1969  Inception of ARPANET]
|1
| 6
| 97
|-
|-
|2008
| 2010
|Largest DC generating plant in USA
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Kurobe_River_No._4_Hydropower_Plant,_1956-63  Kurobe Hydropower Plant]
|1
| 10
| 98
|-
|-
|2008
| 2010
|Japanese word processor
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Commercialization_and_Industrialization_of_Photovoltaic_Cells,_1959  Commercialization of Photovoltaic Cells]
|10  
| 10  
| 99
|-
|-
|2009
| 2010
|Yosami transmitting station
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Star_of_Laufenburg_Interconnection,_1958  Star of Laufenburg Interconnection]
|10
| 8
| 100
|-
|-
|2009
| 2010
|Pocket-sized electronic calculator
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:TIROS-1  TIROS Satellite]
|6
| 1
| 101
|-
|-
|2009
| 2010
|Planar process integrated circuit
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Discovery_of_Radioconduction_by_Edouard_Branly,_1890  Discovery of Radioconduction (Branly)]
|6
| 8
| 102
|-
|-
|2009
| 2010
|Shilling early telegraph work
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_Public-key_Cryptography,_1969_-_1975  Invention of Public-key Cryptography]
|8
| 8  
| 103
|-
|-
|2009
| 2010
|First external pacemaker
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Television_Broadcast_in_Western_Canada  First TV Broadcast in Western Canada]
|7  
| 7  
| 104
|-
|-
|2010  
| 2010  
|Kurobe Hydropower Plant
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Working_Laser  Demonstration of Working Laser]
|10
| 6
| 105
|-
|-
|2010
| 2010  
|Commercialization of Photovoltaic Cells
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Radio_Astronomical_Observations_Using_Very_Long_Baseline_Interferometry  Radio Astronomy Using VLBI]
|10
| 7
| 106
|-
|-
|2010
| 2010  
|Star of Laufenburg Interconnection
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:16-bit_Monolithic_DAC,_1981  First 16-bit Monolithic DAC]
|8
| 5
| 107
|-
|-
|2010
| 2010  
|TIROS Satellite
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_500_MeV_Proton_Beam_from_the_TRIUMF_Cyclotron,_1974  TRIUMF Cyclotron]
|1
| 7
| 108
|-
|-
|2010
| 02/24/2011
|Discovery of Radioconduction (Branly)
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Eel_River_High_Voltage_Direct_Current_Converter_Station  Eel River HVDC Converter]
|8
| 7
| 109
|-
|-
|2010
| 2/4/2011
|Invention of Public-key Cryptography
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mercury_Spacecraft_MA-6,_1962  Mercury Spacecraft controls]
|8
| 5
| 110
|-
|-
|2010
| 2/20/2011
|First TV Broadcast in Western Canada
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:SPICE_Circuit_Simulation_Program  SPICE Circuit Simulation Program]
|7
| 6
| 111
|-
|-
|2010
| 4/8/2011
|Demonstration of Working Laser
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Discovery_of_Superconductivity,_1911  Discovery of Superconductivity]
|6
| 8
| 112
|-
|-
|2010
| 4/29/2011
|Radio Astronomy Using VLBI
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Marconi%27s_Early_Experiments_in_Wireless_Telegraphy,_1895  Marconi’s Early Experiments in Wireless Telgraphy &nbsp;(Villa Griffone)]
|7
| 8
| 113
|-
|-
|2010
| 5/10/2011
|First 16-bit Monolithic DAC
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pearl_Street_Station  Pearl Street Station]
|5
| 1
| 114
|-
|-
|2010
| 7/20/2011
|TRIUMF Cyclotron
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Grumman_Lunar_Module  Lunar Module]
|7
| 1
| 115
|-
|-
|02/24/2011  
| 11/18/2011  
|Eel River HVDC Converter
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Satellite_Broadcasting_to_the_Public  First Satellite Broadcast to the Public]
|7
| 10
| 116
|-
|-
|2/4/2011
| 12/8/2011  
|Mercury Spacecraft controls
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Real-Time_Speech_Communication_on_Packet_Networks,_1974_-_1982  Real-Time Packet Switching]
|5
| 1
| 117
|-
|-
|2/20/2011
| 12/12/2011  
|SPICE Circuit Simulation Program
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Apollo_Guidance_Computer_(AGC)  Apollo Guidance Computer]
|6
| 1
| 118
|-
|-
|4/8/2011
| 1/31/2012
|Discovery of Superconductivity
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Practical_Field_Emission_Electron_Microscope  Field Effect Electron Microscope]
|8
| 10
| 119
|-
|-
|4/29/2011
| 4/5/2012
|Marconi’s First Wireless Experiments
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:International_Standardization_of_G3_Facsimile  G3 Facsimile]
|8
| 10
| 120
|-
|-
|5/10/2011
| 5/1/2012
|Pearl Street Station
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:World%27s_First_Low-Loss_Optical_Fiber_for_Telecommunications  Low Loss Optical Fiber]
|1
| 1  
| 121
|-
|-
|7/20/2011
| 6/21/2012
|Lunar Module 20 July 2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mainline_Electrification_of_the_Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad,_1895  B&amp;O Railroad electrification]
|1
| 2
| 122
|-
|-
|11/18/2011
| 6/27/2012
|First Satellite Broadcast to the Public
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Loran,_1940-1946  LORAN]
|10
| 1
| 123
|-
|-
|12/8/2011
| 6/27/2012
|Real-Time Packet Switching
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Whirlwind_Computer  Whirlwind Computer]
|1
| 1  
| 124
|-
|-
|12/12/2011
| 6/27/2012
|Apollo Guidance Computer
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment_(SAGE)_1951-1958  SAGE system]
|1
| 1  
| 125
|-
|-
|1/31/2012
| 8/3/2012  
|Field Effect Electron Microscope
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:World%27s_First_Reliable_High_Voltage_Power_Fuse,_1909  First Reliable HV Fuse]
|10
| 4
| 126
|-
|-
|4/5/2012
| 8/21/2012  
|G3 Facsimile
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_Floating_Gate_EEPROM,_1976_-_1978  Floating Gate EEPROM]
|10
| 6
| 127
|-
|-
|5/1/2012
| 9/15/2012  
|Low Loss Optical Fiber
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Millimeter-wave_Communication_Experiments_by_J.C._Bose  Bose experiments in radio]
|1
| 10
| 128
|-
|-
|6/21/2012
| 9/15/2012  
|B&amp;O Railroad electrification
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Raman_Effect  Raman Effect]
|2
| 10
| 129
|-
|-
|6/27/2012
| 10/22/2012  
|LORAN
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Birth_of_the_Barcode  Bar Code]
|1
| 2
| 130
|-
|-
|6/27/2012
| 10/26/2012  
|Whirlwind Computer
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Optical_Fiber_Laser_and_Amplifier,_1961-1964  First Optical Fiber Laser and Amplifier]
|1
| 1, Photonics Society
| 131
|-
|-
|6/27/2012
| 12/14/2012  
|SAGE system
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Rinc%C3%B3n_del_Bonete  Rincon del Bonete Hydroelectric]
|1
| 9
| 132
|-
|-
|8/3/2012
| 12/6/2013
|First Reliable HV Fuse
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_Holography  Invention of Holography]
|4
| 8
| 133
|-
|-
|8/21/2012
| 5/7/2013
|Floating Gate EEPROM
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Krka-%C5%A0ibenik_Electric_Power_System,_1895  Krka-Sibenik Power Plant]
|6
| 8
| 134
|-
|-
|9/15/2012
| 10/29/2013
|Bose experiments in radio
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Toshiba_T1100,_a_Pioneering_Contribution_to_the_Development_of_Laptop_PC,_1985  Toshiba T1100 Laptop Computer]
|10
| 10  
| 135
|-
|-
|9/15/2012
| 15 Dec 2013
|Raman Effect
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Technical_Meeting_of_the_American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers,_1884  First AIEE Technical Meeting 1884]
|10
| 2
| 136
|-
|-
|10/22/2012
| 31 January 2014
|Bar Code
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Single-element_Unidirectional_Microphone_-_Shure_Unidyne,_1939  Unidirectional Microphone]
|2
| 4
| 137
|-
|-
|10/26/2012
|19 March 2014
|First Optical Fiber Laser and Amplifier
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Digitally_Processed_Image_from_a_Spaceborne_Synthetic_Aperture_Radar,_1978  Digital Image from Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1978]
|1, Photonics Society
|7
|138
|-
|-
|2012
|12 April 2014
|Rincon del Bonete [LF]
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Birth_and_Growth_of_Primary_and_Secondary_Battery_Industries_in_Japan,_1893  Battery Industries in Japan, 1893]
|9
|10
|139
|}
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Milestones By Year Dedicated And Region

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Year Dedicated Short Name Region Dedication #
1977 Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant 4 1
1977 Mill Creek Hydroelectric Plant 6 2
1982 Electrification of New York and New Haven Railroad 1 3
1984 Stanford Linear Accelerator 6 4
1985 Landing of transatlantic telegraph 7 5
1985 Reception of transatlantic radio signals 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 Morse telegraph 1 13
1988 Ames Hydroelectric station 5 14
1989 Manufacture of transistors 2 15
1990 Transcontinental telegraph 5 16
1990 Adams hydroelectric plant 1 17
1990 Atanasoff-Berry computer 4 18
1990 MIT radiation lab 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 2 25
1995 Yagi antenna 10 26
1999 Volta’s battery 8 27
1999 Georgetown steam/hydro plant 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 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
2002 Transatlantic television by satellite (TELSTAR) Goonhilly 8 44
2002 Work on quartz wristwatch 8 45
2003 Marconi early wireless experiments (Salvan) 8 46
2003 Franklin’s London work 8 47
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 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 1, Photonics Society 131
12/14/2012 Rincon del Bonete Hydroelectric 9 132
12/6/2013 Invention of Holography 8 133
5/7/2013 Krka-Sibenik Power Plant 8 134
10/29/2013 Toshiba T1100 Laptop Computer 10 135
15 Dec 2013 First AIEE Technical Meeting 1884 2 136
31 January 2014 Unidirectional Microphone 4 137
19 March 2014 Digital Image from Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1978 7 138
12 April 2014 Battery Industries in Japan, 1893 10 139
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