1949 After many years of misery through the depression and World War 11 postwar prosperity is starting to get underway with companies now able to supply the cars, Televisions and the other goods demanded in a consumer society. The cars got bigger, the TV's got bigger, with some 6.2 million new cars sold in the US and nearly 10 million Televisions in American homes, A new type of TV programme appeared we now call Soap Operas ( the name came from the fact many soap manufacturers sponsored the shows to catch the stay at home mum with advertising ) . China became a communist country and Russia had the Nuclear Bomb which increased the tension between East and West ( The Cold War ).
How Much things cost in 1949
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. -0.95% UK 2.6%
Average Cost of new house $7,450.00
Average wages per year $2,950.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 17 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,420.00
Minimum Hourly Wage Rate 70 cents per hour
Bacon per pound 50 cents
Dobbs Hat $8.50
Kitchen Table and Chairs $100.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 1,911
Newfoundland Joins Canada Confederation
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) 1949
The first automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut
45 rpm Record USA
How Much things cost in 1949
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. -0.95% UK 2.6%
Average Cost of new house $7,450.00
Average wages per year $2,950.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 17 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,420.00
Minimum Hourly Wage Rate 70 cents per hour
Bacon per pound 50 cents
Dobbs Hat $8.50
Kitchen Table and Chairs $100.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 1,911
What Events Happened in 1949
- 6.75 Richter scale earthquake in Ecuador kills 6000 and destroys 50 towns
- Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Established
- Federal Republic of Germany officially founded
- Indonesia gains it's independence From Netherlands
- Berlin Airlift officially comes to an
- People's Republic of China officially founded.
- The Geneva Convention is agreed providing an agreement on the treatment of prisoners
- RCA Perfects a system for broadcasting color television
- First Polaroid Camera sold for $89.95
- President Harry S. Truman authorizes $16 million in aid for Palestinian refugees
- The Emmy Awards for US Television first presented
- First Volkswagen Beetle The Peoples Car sold in US
- The first car with a Porsche badge is shown
- Apartheid Made official Policy of National party in South Africa
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) 1949
The first automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut
45 rpm Record USA
- George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published
- 45 rpm discs are introduced
- First Polaroid Camera History sold for $89.95
- "A" your adorable " by Perry Como
- "Mule Train " by Frankie laine
- FILM Twelve O'Clock High
- First Polaroid Camera sold for $89.95
- Frank Sinatra stars in "On The Town" with Gene Kelly
- Rodgers and Hammerstein debut the musical "South Pacific" on Broadway
