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“I am not worried about this country ever going Communist. We have too much sense for that.”
1947
Harry S. Truman 33rd U.S. President Served April 12, 1945 – Jan. 20, 1953 President Truman did not have a vice president as he served out the remainder of Franklin Roosevelt’s term from 1945 to 1949. 1947 Dodge Coupe
COST OF LIVING
World events
• Communists take power in Poland on Jan. 31. • Peace treaties are signed Feb. 10 in Paris between World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland. • The “Voice of America” begins broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union on Feb. 17. • The International Monetary Fund begins operation March 1. • Japan’s post-war constitution goes into effect May 3.
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• The Cold War begins May 22 as President Truman signs a bill codifying the Truman 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 Amsterdam. • The Muslim majority region formed by the partition of India gains independence from Britain, forming Pakistan on Aug. 14.
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Howard Hug Chuck Yeager is first pilot to break the sound barrier.
• The southern part of the partition becomes 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 Security Act of 1947 on July 26,
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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 televised 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 citations 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 “instant 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 production 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.
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• 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.
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).
• 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¢
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
Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” is first published in Amsterdam.
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
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