Technology
- The first accurate atomic clock, a caesium standard based on a certain transition of the caesium-133 atom, is built by Louis Essen with J.V.L. Parry at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom).
- Strömsund Bridge in Sweden completed, the first significant cable-stayed bridge of the modern era.
- Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral is granted a patent for the Velcro fabric hook-and-loop fastener.
- American electrical engineer Eugene Polley invents the Zenith Flash-Matic, the first wireless television remote control.
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