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.

  1. PEZ candy – 1927
  2. Quartz crystal watches -1927
  3. Automatic commercial bread slicers – 1927
  4. Kool-Aid – 1927
  5. Spray cans – 1927
  6. Penicillin – 1928
  7. Bubble gum – 1928
  8. Electric refrigerators – 1928
  9. Car radios – 1929
  10. The Academy Awards – 1929
  11. Chocolate chips – 1930
  12. The Star Spangled Banner – 1931
  13. Polaroid photography -1932
  14. Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight – 1932
  15. FM radio – 1933
  16. Drive-in movie theaters – 1933
  17. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – 1934
  18. Monopoly – 1935
  19. The Social Security Act – 1935
  20. Canned beer -1935
  21. Nylon – 1935
  22. Gone with the Wind – 1936
  23. Photocopiers – 1937
  24. The Golden Gate Bridge – 1937
  25. Antihistamines – 1937
  26. Snowmobiles – 1937
  27. Ballpoint pens – 1938
  28. Parking meters – 1938
  29. “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast – 1938
  30. Walt Disney Studios – 1939
  31. Batman – 1939
  32. Helicopters – 1939
  33. The Wizard of Oz film – 1939
  34. Pinocchio – 1940
  35. McDonald’s – 1940
  36. Modern color TVs – 1940
  37. Bugs Bunny – 1941
  38. Slinkys – 1943
  39. Silly putty – 1943
  40. The Pentagon – 1943
  41. The United Nations – 1945
  42. The Cannes Film Festival – 1946
  43. Microwave ovens – 1947
  44. Tupperware – 1947
  45. Frisbees – 1948
  46. Jukeboxes – 1948
  47. Scrabble – 1948
  48. The World Health Organization (WHO) – 1948
  49. Barcodes – 1949
  50. Zamboni ice resurfacing machines – 1949
  51. Credit cards – 1950
  52. Saturday morning children’s programming – 1950
  53. The Peanuts comic strip – 1950
  54. Super glue – 1951
  55. Mr. Potato Head – 1952
  56. Diet soft drinks – 1952
  57. Solar batteries – 1954
  58. The Polio vaccine – 1954
  59. Disneyland – 1955
  60. Velcro – 1955
  61. Carbon dating – 1955
  62. Sputnik – 1957
  63. Leave It to Beaver – 1957
  64. NASA – 1958
  65. Hula hoops – 1958
  66. Barbie dolls – 1959
  67. Pacemakers – 1959
  68. Alaska and Hawaii becoming states – 1959
  69. The Grammy Awards – 1959
  70. Weather satellites – 1960
  71. The U.S. State lottery – 1964
  72. Canadian maple leaf flag – 1965
  73. The Sound of Music – 1965
  74. Best Buy – 1966
  75. Doritos – 1966
  76. Twister (the game) – 1966
  77. Wite-Out – 1966
  78. Kevlar – 1966
  79. Medicare – 1966
  80. Smoke detectors – 1968
  81. The motion picture rating system – 1968
  82. ATMs – 1969
  83. Astronauts walking on the moon – 1969
  84. The 26th U.S. Constitutional Amendment – 1971
  85. Pong – 1972
  86. People Magazine – 1974
  87. Post-it notes – 1974
  88. The chicken pox vaccine – 1974
  89. Roller blades – 1979
  90. The Space Shuttle – 1981