Westinghouse introduces Laundromat, the first automatic washing machine that can be wall-mounted.

Westinghouse gyroscopic controls stabilize battle-tank guns.

U.S. enters World War II.

Westinghouse radar at Pearl Harbor picks up incoming planes.

Westinghouse creates the first U.S.-designed jet engine.

Giant Westinghouse generators begin producing power at Grand Coulee Dam.

Employment at Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works, which produces switchgear, turbines, motors, and other war essentials, peaks at 21,000 workers.

U.S. scientists build first atomic pile, using Westinghouse-produced uranium.

Airborne radar, a Westinghouse innovation, equips Allied planes.

World War II ends. Baby Boom begins.

Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company becomes Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Westinghouse introduces all-weather airport approach lighting.

Westinghouse begins building Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, initiating age of peaceful nuclear power.

Westinghouse operates ANACOM, the first analog computer.

Westinghouse introduces electronic X-ray image amplifier.

Westinghouse sponsors first broadcast of "Studio One," a leading television drama series through most of 1950s.

Westinghouse introduces first fully automated elevator.

U.S. broadcasters introduce color television.

Westinghouse refines first zirconium for nuclear reactor fuel rods.

Westinghouse prototypes engine that will power U.S.S. Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.

U.S. and Canada agree to build radar stations to warn of attack by air over the Arctic.

Navy launches U.S.S. Nautilus.

Westinghouse Credit Corporation begins helping consumers purchase television sets, refrigerators, other appliances.

"You can be sure...if it's Westinghouse" advertising slogan becomes a national catch phrase.

Westinghouse Research moves into million-square-foot Research and Development Center in Churchill, Pennsylvania.

USSR launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite.

Theodor S. (Dr. Seuss) Geisel's "The Cat in the Hat" published.

Westinghouse engineers advance the age of peaceful nuclear power with first commercial nuclear power plant, at Shippingport, Pennsylvania.

Westinghouse begins sponsoring Westinghouse Science Honors Institute for high school seniors.

First U.S. nuclear-powered merchant vessel, "Savannah," is launched.

Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory begins developing reactors for space travel.

Westinghouse builds world's most powerful waterwheel generators, for Niagara Falls.

American graphic design legend Paul Rand unveils classic circle-W symbol that still says, "Westinghouse."

USSR's Yuri Gagarin makes first manned orbital flight.

East Germany erects Berlin Wall to halt flight of refugees to West.

Westinghouse acquires Thermo King Corporation.

Westinghouse builds 325,000-kilowatt generating unit,the largest ever exported, for Japan's Kansai Electric.

Westinghouse Tele-computer Center opens first computer-controlled teletype network.

Westinghouse Broadcasting's "Mike Douglas Show" becomes the first nationally syndicated daytime TV talk show.

Westinghouse elevators and escalators installed in New York's Pan Am building make up the world's largest vertical transport system.

Westinghouse research leads to first scanning electron microscope.

Westinghouse begins constructing Skybus project, the prototype for automated mass transit systems around the world.

NASA's Gemini 6 and 7 manned missions demonstrate Westinghouse rendezvous radar in space.

Michael E. DeBakey implants first successful artificial human heart.

Westinghouse acquires residential development firm Coral Ridge Properties.

Dr. Christiaan N. Bernard and team perform first human heart transplant.

Westinghouse develops launching system for Poseidon submarine-based missile.

U.S. astronauts land on moon.

UCLA and other institutions link up via ARPANET, the Internet's predecessor.

Westinghouse video cameras accompany astronauts, capture moon walk for viewers back on Earth.

Westinghouse moves into advanced, all-electric headquarters building in Pittsburgh.

Watergate scandal erupts.

Westinghouse installs elevators and escalators in then-world's-tallest building, the Sears Tower

Westinghouse sells household appliance business, including refrigerators and washing machines, to White Consolidated Industries.

USA and USSR sign pact limiting spread of nuclear weapons.

Westinghouse introduces first airborne surveillance radar system.