Doing my history day project on lasers...

The topic is major turning points in history, and I figured sense I know a lot about lasers, and therefore can write a lot about them I would do it on them. Now I know lasers are used in several things such as welding, eye surgery, and all sorts of industrial uses and that it was invented around 1958 right? But when was it widely recognized for its many uses? And just how important are those uses, what did they do before that?


p.s. In other news I got my drivers license the other day

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