Timeline Monday 16 May 1960

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Monday 16 May 1960

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Events on Monday 16 May 1960 1

1960 First working laser demonstrated Theodore Maiman builds a ruby laser Physicist Theodore Maiman operates the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in California, using a synthetic ruby crystal. The invention opens the way for technologies ranging from fiber optics to surgery.

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