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From ”The Firsts of Everything,” by Dennis Sanders (Delacorte Press, 1981), comes this list of when eight kitchen appliances were first used:

1. Gas stove-1826

2. Dishwasher-1879

3. Electric oven-1889

4. Electric clotheswasher-1907

5. Refrigerator-1913

6. Popup toaster-1918

7. Blender-1936

8. Microwave oven-1947