Jack Kilby

Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

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Born: November 8, 1923
Died: June 20, 2005
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1923

About Jack Kilby

Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electronics engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. For this invention, Kilby shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. He headed teams that created the first military system and the first computer incorporating integrated circuits. He invented the handheld calculator (along with Jerry Merryman and James Van Tassel). On December 14, 2005, Texas Instruments created the Historic TI Archives.

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Jack Kilby timeline

2000For this invention, Kilby shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
2005On December 14, 2005, Texas Instruments created the Historic TI Archives.

The world when Jack Kilby was born

Jack Kilby was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

#1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
Defining fadDance marathons
Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jack Kilby's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1923	2026
Gas	$0.22	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,700	$435,000
Average income	$3,380	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	111.9M	341 million

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