ATMs started showing up, making banking at all hours and on the weekends a new convenience.On the medical front, the 1960s saw the first vaccines for mumps and measles, as well as an oral vaccine for polio. First Diet Soft Drink was invented 1952. Mom was a working woman in the early 1950s, when that was far from the norm and, in suburban New Jersey, at least, not encouraged. The copy line for this bit of Ozzie and Harriet heaven reads: "I'm late—but dinner won't be. Mary Bellis covered inventions and inventors for ThoughtCo for 18 years. After all, once the day at school was discussed (reluctantly) by the kids, and the day at work was described (wearily) by father, and the weather and the state of the world were exhausted as subjects, the temptation arose, even in those more conversational days, to let the tube take over.As home entertainment shifted from the piano (once a ubiquitous and nearly essential home accessory) to the big wooden box with its small flickering screen, the idea of watching—instead of listening to—programs at home seemed transformative, a tipping point into a changed world. For the first time, consumers could use VCRs to record TV shows and view movies on VHS tape. They were first used in 1950 in 27 New York restaurants, called Diners Club. This is the first occasion where a Senate election is held without an accompanying House Of Representatives election. The Black Box was invented 1953. Swanson & Sons introduced the TV dinner in 1954, relieving mom of responsibility for the entire meal (except for the My-T-Fine tapioca pudding she favored for dessert), she must have thought the world a mighty fine place indeed.If convenience was the mother of my mother's contentment, the mother of the TV dinner was that old serial procreator, necessity. The idea of pre-prepared meals, heated up at the last moment, seemed to fit right in with the spontaneous excitement of gathering around the screen to watch Milton Berle, Jack Benny and a couple of endearing hand puppets, Kukla and Ollie, along with their human friend, Fran.Much has changed since then. Dad was a handsome man admired by women, and I have long suspected that part of her job was to keep an eye on him. The company's grave doubts that the initial order would sell proved to be another miscalculation, though a much happier one for Swanson; in the first full year of production, 1954, ten million turkey dinners were sold.The original marketing campaign for TV dinners was, if you will allow me, tray chic. And in a culture where packaging is paramount, the idea that a complete meal could be contained in one slim, stackable container appealed mightily to the American yearning for simplicity, economy and efficiency.But beyond those obvious attractions, Swanson's brave new product was aided immeasurably by its synergy with another increasingly powerful package, the television set. She is known for her independent films and documentaries, including one about Alexander Graham Bell.The Most Important Inventions of the Industrial RevolutionTimeline of Invention Periods from the Middles Ages OnThe History of Computer Peripherals: From the Floppy Disk to CDsThe Colorful History of Comic Books and Newspaper Cartoon Strips In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant.In the ’70s, more progress was made on the computer front with the invention of the Consumer goods came on strong in the ’70s as well. Australian Senate election, 1953: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, holds their Senate majority, despite gains made by the Labor Party, led by H.V.