90 Things Younger than Kloiber Jewelers
Posted on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
in Holiday, Uncategorized.
2016 marks our 90th year in business. We’re extremely proud to have been in business for so long and have the opportunity to be a part of so many memorable moments in our customers’ lives. Our store has lived through the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the Golden Age, the Vietnam and Cold War, and the Great Recession. To truly appreciate the length of time we have been in business, we thought we’d highlight some things that occurred or were created after Kloiber Jewelers first opened our doors.
- PEZ candy – 1927
- Quartz crystal watches -1927
- Automatic commercial bread slicers – 1927
- Kool-Aid – 1927
- Spray cans – 1927
- Penicillin – 1928
- Bubble gum – 1928
- Electric refrigerators – 1928
- Car radios – 1929
- The Academy Awards – 1929
- Chocolate chips – 1930
- The Star Spangled Banner – 1931
- Polaroid photography -1932
- Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight – 1932
- FM radio – 1933
- Drive-in movie theaters – 1933
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – 1934
- Monopoly – 1935
- The Social Security Act – 1935
- Canned beer -1935
- Nylon – 1935
- Gone with the Wind – 1936
- Photocopiers – 1937
- The Golden Gate Bridge – 1937
- Antihistamines – 1937
- Snowmobiles – 1937
- Ballpoint pens – 1938
- Parking meters – 1938
- “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast – 1938
- Walt Disney Studios – 1939
- Batman – 1939
- Helicopters – 1939
- The Wizard of Oz film – 1939
- Pinocchio – 1940
- McDonald’s – 1940
- Modern color TVs – 1940
- Bugs Bunny – 1941
- Slinkys – 1943
- Silly putty – 1943
- The Pentagon – 1943
- The United Nations – 1945
- The Cannes Film Festival – 1946
- Microwave ovens – 1947
- Tupperware – 1947
- Frisbees – 1948
- Jukeboxes – 1948
- Scrabble – 1948
- The World Health Organization (WHO) – 1948
- Barcodes – 1949
- Zamboni ice resurfacing machines – 1949
- Credit cards – 1950
- Saturday morning children’s programming – 1950
- The Peanuts comic strip – 1950
- Super glue – 1951
- Mr. Potato Head – 1952
- Diet soft drinks – 1952
- Solar batteries – 1954
- The Polio vaccine – 1954
- Disneyland – 1955
- Velcro – 1955
- Carbon dating – 1955
- Sputnik – 1957
- Leave It to Beaver – 1957
- NASA – 1958
- Hula hoops – 1958
- Barbie dolls – 1959
- Pacemakers – 1959
- Alaska and Hawaii becoming states – 1959
- The Grammy Awards – 1959
- Weather satellites – 1960
- The U.S. State lottery – 1964
- Canadian maple leaf flag – 1965
- The Sound of Music – 1965
- Best Buy – 1966
- Doritos – 1966
- Twister (the game) – 1966
- Wite-Out – 1966
- Kevlar – 1966
- Medicare – 1966
- Smoke detectors – 1968
- The motion picture rating system – 1968
- ATMs – 1969
- Astronauts walking on the moon – 1969
- The 26th U.S. Constitutional Amendment – 1971
- Pong – 1972
- People Magazine – 1974
- Post-it notes – 1974
- The chicken pox vaccine – 1974
- Roller blades – 1979
- The Space Shuttle – 1981