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Fifty years ago, the world was a much different place. The Cold War was well underway, with East Germany erecting the era's most somber symbol"the Berlin Wall. Russia also startled the world that year when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.In the manufacturing world, several groundbreaking events also occurred in 1961. That's the year when through-hole technology was introduced in the electronics industry. It's also when Becton Dickinson unveiled the world's first plastic disposable syringe (the following year, it opened a plant in Canaan, CT, to assemble the innovative product).Another important milestone tool place in 1961"the first industri

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