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World events• Communists take power in Poland on
Jan. 31.• Peace treaties are signed Feb. 10 in Par-
is between World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
• The “Voice of America” begins broad-casts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union on Feb. 17.
• The International Monetary Fund be-gins operation March 1.
• Japan’s post-war constitution goes into effect May 3.
• Income per year ..... $2,850• Minimum wage .............. 47¢• New house .............. $6,600• New car ..................... $1,300• Gallon of gas ................... 15¢• Dozen eggs ................... 89¢• Gallon of milk ................ 80¢• Loaf of bread .................. 13¢• First-class stamp ............. 3¢• Movie ticket .................... 15¢
COST OF LIVING
remember when...
1947Harry S. Truman33rd U.S. PresidentServed April 12, 1945 – Jan. 20, 1953
President Truman did not have a vice presidentas he served out the remainder of Franklin Roosevelt’s
term from 1945 to 1949.
“I am not worried about this country ever going Communist.We have too much sensefor that.”
• The Cold War begins May 22 as Presi-dent Truman signs a bill codifying the Tru-man Doctrine, guaranteeing U.S. provide to democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces.
• Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for European reconstruction June 5.
• “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank is first published June 25 in Am-
sterdam.• The Muslim majority region
formed by the partition of In-dia gains independence from Britain, forming Pakistan on
Aug. 14.
• The southern part of the partition be-comes India on Aug. 15.
• Communists seize power in Hungary on Aug. 31.
• The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arab and Jewish regions, leading to the creation the State of Israel on Nov. 29.
U.S. News• Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are
televised for the first time Jan. 3.• Actress Elizabeth Short, known as the
“Black Dahlia,” is found murdered Jan. 15 in Los Angeles. The case remains unsolved.
• The ammonium nitrate cargo of the SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas, on April 16. The blast killed 581, injured 5,000 and destroyed 20 city blocks.
• Jackie Robinson bunts to earn his first hit as a Major League
Baseball player during his third outing as a Brooklyn Dodger against the Boston Braves on April 17. He also scored his
first run.• A supposedly downed
alien aircraft is found in Roswell, N.M., on July 8.
• President Truman signs the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 on July 26,
BORN THIS YEAR: David Bowie, musician (Jan. 8). Above left: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, NBA star (April 16);
Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor/politician (July 30); Hillary Clinton, politician (Oct. 26);
Jaclyn Smith, actress (Oct. 26).
Jackie Robinson makes his debut as a Brooklyn Dodger. Howard Hughes pilots the only flight of the “Spruce Goose.”Chuck Yeager is first pilot to break the sound barrier.
• Howard Hughes pilots the only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules — “The Spruce Goose” — the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built and flown, in Long Beach on Nov. 2. The flight lasted 8 minutes.
Movies• The Bishop’s Wife• Out of the Past• Miracle on 34th Street• The Lady from Shanghai• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir• Dark Passage• Black Narcissus• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty• Brighton Rock• Gentlemen’s Agreement
Music• “Near You,” Francis Craig• “Peg O’ My Heart,” The Harmonicats• “Heartaches,” Ted Weems• “Linda,” Ray Noble & Buddy Clark• “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That
Cigarette,” Tex Williams• “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So,”
Vaughn Monroe• “Anniversary Song,” Al Jolson• “Near You,” Larry Green• “That’s My Desire,”
Sammy Kaye• “Mam’selle,” Art Lund
forming the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the National Security Council and the U.S. Air Force.
• President Truman delivers the first tele-vised White House address Oct. 5.
• “Meet the Press” makes its television debut Nov. 6, beginning its stint as the longest-running program in American television history.
• The U.S. House of Representatives votes 346–17 on Nov. 24 to approve cita-tions of Contempt of Congress against the “Hollywood Ten” after they refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee investigation into communist influence in Hollywood. The 10 men are blacklisted by film studios the next day.
Technology• Edwin Land introduces the first “in-
stant camera,” the Polaroid Land Camera, on Feb. 21 in New York City.
• SAAB introduces its first automobile June 10.
• The AK-47 assault rifle enters produc-tion July 6, becoming the most produced gun in history.
• Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound Oct. 14.
1947 Lincoln Continental
1947 Dodge Coupe
1947 Chevrolet Pickup
Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” is first published in Amsterdam.
