Punched Cards: Herman Hollerith  late 1800s - early 1900s Thomas Alva Edison: The light bulb (1884) Marie Curie: Radium (1898) Orville and Wilbur Wright: The first airplane (1903) Albert Eistein: Theory of Special Relativity (1905) 1888 George Eastman perfects the handheld Kodak camera. 1884 Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1892 Ellis Island opens as a center to screen immigrants. 1899 In School and Society, philosopher John Dewey outlines his ideas about "progressive education." Herman Hollerith, Hollerith Tabulating Machine, courtesy of Wittengerg University Photo of Marie Curie, courtesy of http://www.lucidcafe.com Photo of Mark Twain, courtesy of University of Virginia Effel Tower, courtesy of Stock Photography Agency Van Gogh self Portrait, http://www.isabel.com/gallery/v/vangogh/om373.html  Mary Wainwright