1947 In most areas of consumer goods demand outstripped supply in the US and the British car makers took advantage of these shortages by exporting as many cars as they could to help boost British jobs and economy and many Americans liked the idiosyncrasies from these British cars like Austin, Hillman and MG's. This year saw some of the most significant inventions that would impact lives for many years to come including the Transistor and the Mobile Phone. The start of the Cold War which lasted close to 4 decades is also seen as the Worlds two Super Powers USA and USSR worry about the dominance, politics and influence of each other on the other countries in the world. And many couples started lives living with parents due to the continuing shortages in housing
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
Mens Sweater $8.50
Bulova Mens Watch $52.50
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 1,824
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
Mens Sweater $8.50
Bulova Mens Watch $52.50
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 1,824
What Events Happened in 1947
- CIA established in 1947
- The International Monetary Fund IMF begins to operate.
- India becomes independent from Great Britain and 2 countries are formed India (80% Hindu) Pakistan ( 95% Muslim )
- Ammonium nitrate cargo of SS Grandcap explodes in Texas City, Texas - 552 dead, 3000 injured
- A major strike closes The Paris subway
- UFO allegedly found in the Roswell UFO incident
- 50 seperate Forest fires in Maine and surrounding states destroy more than a two hundred thousand acres
- Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America
- Hurricane in southeast Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - 51 killed
- Earthquake in Chilean Andes - 233 dead
- Severe Snow Storm Northeastern part of the United States
- Severe Tornado strikes Woodward, Oklahoma killing 107
- Polaroid Land Camera Demonstrated giving photos in 60 seconds
- Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
- The US Gives $400 million in aid to Greek and Turkish governments to help fight the growth in communism
- President Harry S. Truman issues an executive decree establishing a sweeping loyalty investigation of federal employees
- The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
- The start of the Cold War which endured over four decades, from circa 1947 until the decline and eventual collapse of East European and Soviet state communism in the late 1980s.
Technology
- First "instant camera" Camera History shown
- Saab produces its first automobile.
- Goodrich Manufacturers first Tubeless Tyre
- 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 )
- First LP's History of HiFi and Music Players and Mediaproduced ( US )
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) 1947
Artificial Intelligence England by Alan Turing
Mobile Phone USA
Transistor USA from Bell Laboratories
Hologram Hungary by Denis Gabor
Slinky USA by Richard T James
Popular TV
Popular Culture
Popular Films
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Road to Rio
- The Jolson Story
- The Diary of Anne Frank is published
Popular Books
- The Television Programme Muffin the Mule (UK)
