1947 Nissan Electric Car
1946 Technique developed to produce high-quality frozen orange juice concentrate
1946 Tupperware was introduced
1946 Frozen French Fries went on sale at the R.H. Macy department store in New York
1946 Instant Potato (mashed potatoes) was introduced
How Much things cost in 1947?
Average Cost of new house $6,600.00
Average wages per year $2,850.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 15 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,300.00
Loaf of Bread 13 cents
United States Postage Stamp 3 cents
Coke Cola 6 ounce Bottle 5 cents
Candy Bar was 5 cents
Ammonium nitrate cargo of SS Grandcap explodes in Texas City, Texas – 552 dead, 3000 injured
UFO allegedly found on July 7th in the Roswell UFO incident
Polaroid Land Camera Demonstrated giving photos in 60 seconds
UK News: Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews
Cold War starts which endured over four decades, from 1947 until the decline and eventual collapse of East European and Soviet state communism in the late 1980s
The Transistor is invented
Walter Morrison invents the Frisbee
ENIAC, one of the world’s first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
The Sound Barrier Broken ( Traveling faster than Sound )
1947 Sugar rationing ends in the U.S
1947 The first aluminum foil, Reynolds Metals ‘Reynolds Wrap’ goes on sale
1948 The opening of Britain’s first supermarket, at Manor Park, run by the London
1948 Bread rationing ends in Britain
Why is Common Sense so Uncommon??
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