<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Shockley">William Shockley</a> files the original patent for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grown-junction_transistor" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grown-junction transistor">grown-junction transistor</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_junction_transistor" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bipolar junction transistor">bipolar junction transistor</a>.