Year	Event
1884	Code for the Conduct of Trials of Steam Boilers — first Performance Test Code
1886-87	Standard for the Diameter and Overall Dimensions of Pipe and Its Threaded Ends
1889-91	Committee for the creation of a federal commission to recommend standards and a bureau for their maintenance
1890	Establishment of a Committee on Standard Methods of Testing Locomotives
1891-92	Method of Conducting Duty Trials of Pumping Engines
1892	Committee formed to prepare a proposed Standard for Divergences in Flange Diameter
1893	Standard Method of Conducting Efficiency Tests of Locomotives
1899	Standard for Divergences in Flange Diameters
1899	Establishment of a Committee on Standards for Direct-Connected Generating Sets
1901-02	Standard for Pipe Unions
1901-02	Proposed Standard for Machine Screw Thread Sizes
1901	Standard for Direct-Connected Generating Sets
1905	Standard Proportions for Machine Screws
1911	Establishment of a committee to propose a Boiler Code
1913	New Committee to revise the Boiler Code
1914-15	First publication of the Boiler Code
1915	Standards for Specifications and Construction of Boilers and Other Containing Vessels in Which High Pressure is Contained
1915	Standards for Engineering Drawings
1916	Code of Safety Standards for Cranes
1917	Code of Safety Standards for Industrial Ladders
1918	American Engineering Standards Committee (later to be known as ANSI) formed
1919	Standards of Carburetor Performance
1919	Formulation of Committee on Power Test Codes
1921	First elevator code issued
1922	Code for Displacement Compressors and Blowers
1922	Test Code for Hydraulic Power plants and Their Equipment
1923	Test Code for Locomotives (preliminary)
1923	Test Code for Internal Combustion Engines
1924	ASME Codes for Unfired Pressure Vessels
1925	ASME publishes two American Engineers Standards Committee Standards — Machinery Shafting and Transmission Shafting
1926	Proposed Standard for Spur Gear Tooth Form
1926	Tentative American Standard for Steel Pipe Flanges and Flange Fittings
1927	Tentative Standards for Round Unslotted Head Bolts
1928	Committee for Standard for Integrally Forged Flanges for Hydroelectric Units
1928	American National Standards Committee reorganized as the American Standards Association (known as the American National Standards Institute, ANSI, since 1969)
1929	Test Code for Liquid Fuels
1930	Test Code of Complete Steam-Electric Power Plants
1931	Proposed ASME Standard for Integrally Forged Flanges for Hydroelectric Units
1931	American Standard Safety Code for Elevators, second revision
1933	New Standards for Gear Materials and Blanks, Shafting and Stock Keys
1939	Turbine Generator Standards
1946	Interpretations of Safety Codes for Elevators
1946	Modifications Approved for Safety Code for Elevators
1947	International Organization for Standardization (ISO) formed
1947	ISO adopts first standard — screw threads (ASME)
1948	The American Standards Association (now ANSI) incorporates
1949	ASME and the American Public Health Association call for Unified National Plumbing Code (five different codes currently exist)
1949	Proposed Revision to Safety Code for Elevators
1956	Committee established for ASME Pressure Vessel Code for Nuclear Age
1963	Proposed Section III (Nuclear Power) of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee
1968	Proposed Performance Test Code for Nuclear Reactor Fuel
1969	First piping shipped that is certified by company accredited under the Nuclear Power Piping Code
1969	ISO adopts uniform, worldwide rating point for gas turbines using ASME?s Gas Turbine Performance Test Code
1972	ASME expanded its accreditation program from North America to rest of world
1983	ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code published in both conventional and metric units
1986	ASME began accreditation programs for elevator inspector certification institutes
1989	Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code published on CD-ROM
1991	ASME completed criteria and validated examinations for certifying resource facility operators
1993	ASME is recognized by national and international certifiers as an ISO 9000 registrar
1996	ASME established certification programs for operators of resource recovery facilities and medical hazardous waste incinerators