MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/4E096AF0/Some_thoughts_Oct_2010_1942_and_1960.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" 1942 and 1960 – Some Facts and Favorites

 

 

 

1942 and 1960 – Some Facts and Favorites

 

 

As many of us gather for our half century meeting, que= stions on our parent’s experiences came to mind and how things were back in = the day.  Information about the ye= ar of our birth, 1942, is somewhat limited due to recordkeeping back then.  Sites referenced were:  www.Wikipedia.com, www.informationplease.com, www.goodreads.com.

 

Here’s a group of stats you may find of interest= or fun:

 

   &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =     1942        &= nbsp;               &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  1960

 

U.S. Populati= on        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         134,859,553                =             &nb= sp;           180,= 671,158

President and= Vice President     =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;  FDR & Henry A Wallace   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;      Ike & Richard M. Nixon

Federal spend= ing        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;      $35.14 billion             = ;            &n= bsp;           $92= .19 billion

Federal debt<= /b>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  $79.2 billion           &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  $290.5 billion

Unemployment<= /b>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          4.7%        &= nbsp;               &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  5.5%

Cost of first= class stamp     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          $ .03      &nbs= p;                 &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  $ .04

 

 

Between 1940 and 1960, most couples became pregnant wi= th their first child within the first seven months after the wedding.

 

Between 1940 and 1960, the number of families with thr= ee children doubled and the number of families having a fourth child quadruple= d.

 

Year of 1942:=

 

The movie, Casablanca, premieres

The song, White Christmas, is released

RCA Victor sprays gold over Glenn Miller’s milli= on copy seller, Chattanooga Choo Choo, creating the first gold record

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow

No Nobel Prizes were awarded in chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine

 

Also –

 

Radar comes into operational use –

Napalm invented –

First safe self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction accomplished at University of Chicago –

 

And the following Wikipedia facts close this memory ri= de:

 

Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC, had its funding elim= inated by Congress in 1942.  It ceased active operation.  Volunteers = in this public work relief program planted nearly 3 billion trees, constructed over 800 parks across the US continent, as well as public roads which joined the US nation’s public lands.