W o r c e s t e r 3 0 0 : C i t y o f I n n o v a t o r s 59
• Robert Goddard
launches first liquid
rocket (1926)
• Fallon Clinic
(est'd 1929);
Health Maintenance
Organization
implemented 1976
• Reed-Prentice
Corp. develops
a line of plastics
injection-molding
machinery (1935)
• David Clark develops anti-gravity suit for pilots (1942);
later, space suits
• Gregory Pincus and Min Chueh Chang develop first
oral contraceptive (1956)
• Banking: First NOW account established (1973)
• UMass Medical School authorized 1965, opens 1976,
now UMass Chan Medical School
• Mass. Biotech Park established 1982
• Norton and Wyman-Gordon acquired in the 1990s by
outside firms
• Memorial Health Care and UMMC merge to create
UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. (1998)
1922-2021
Source: https://money.Usnews.Com/money/personal-finance/articles/2015/01/02/a-glimpse-at-your-expenses-100-years-ago
Worcester population,
1920-2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Robert Goddard
A Harley-Davidson
motorcycle cost: $235
(1927)
A camera cost: $80 (1928)
A Chrysler Imperial Sedan
cost: $2,995 (1928)
One pound of
coffee cost:
$0.47 (1925)
$0.79 (1950)
$1.40 (1975)
Monopoly the game cost:
$4 (1950)
One bottle of aspirin cost: $0.54
A Chevy Corvette cost
about: $3,000
An Apple II
computer
cost: $1,300
(1977)
A microwave cost:
$168 (1978)
A six-pack of beer
cost: $1.49 (1978)
One movie
ticket cost:
$1 (1978)
$7.50 (2004)
A 12-pack
of Bud Light
bottles cost:
$8.99 (2003)
A Samsung 42" television
cost: $999 (2004)
One pound of
coffee cost:
$3.54 (2000)
Top milestones What things cost
0
50,000
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150,000
200,000
Population and percent growth, year-to-year
1920 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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