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American real estate developer, rancher and inventor of the first practical windshield wiper Mary Anderson poses for a portrait circa 1900. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)(Getty ...

The decade that kicked off the 20th Century was responsible for two inventions that helped define the next 100 years. The airplane and the radio set the planet on a course to becoming truly a global ...