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Baby Boomers - What Happened in 1946?
If you are a baby boomer born in 1946, you will find this information extremely interesting. Hope you enjoy learning more about the year you were born! If you have a friend or a family member born in 1946, send them a link to this page. They will appreciate it!
Major Events
•Harry Truman is president of the United States. No vice president.
•Segregation in public transportation unconstitutional
•Congress passes the Atomic Energy Act
•UN General Assembly meets for the first time
•John D. Rockefeller donates money for a UN headquarters in New York
•League of Nations is dissolved
•First care packages reach Europe
•The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly opens in London
•The Philippines gains independence from the United States
•Winston Churchill warns of an "iron curtain" falling over Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe
•12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials
Business and Economy
•U.S. GDP (1998 dollars): $222.6 billion
•Federal spending: $55.23 billion
•Federal debt: $271 billion
•Consumer Price Index: 19.5
•Unemployment: 3.9%
•U.S. industry idled by widespread labor strikes
•Federal government takes control of railroads
•Most wartime price controls eliminated
Science and Technology
•IBM introduces fast electronic calculator
•United States built rocket reaches 50 mile height
•Smoking said to cause cancer risk
•Atomic Energy Commission created
•Xerographic photocopying process invented
•U.S. Navy tests atomic bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific
•AT&T announces first car phones
•Piaggio produces the first successful motor scooter, The Vespa
Sports
•St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox to win the World Series (4-3)
•Chicago Bears win the NFL championship
•Joe Louis defends heavyweight title for 23rd time
•"Assault" wins Belmont, Preakness and Kentucky Derby
•Shortest recorded boxing match ever; Couture defeats Walton in 10.5 seconds with one punch
Famous Baby Boomers Born in 1946
•Bill Clinton
•Cher
•Diane Keaton
•Dolly Parton
•Donald Trump
•George W. Bush
•Gianni Versace
•Hayley Mills
•Laura Bush
•Naomi Judd
•Oliver Stone
•Patricia Nixon Cox
•Patty Duke
•Sally FieldSaved
•Sandy Duncan
•Steven Spielberg
•Susan Sarandon
•Suzanne Somers
•Sylvester Stallone
•Tommy Lee Jones ( I'm right after Tommy, lol) Skyraider......
Arts and Entertainment
•Books: The King's General, This Side of Innocence, The River Road, The Miracle of the Bells, The Hucksters, The Foxes of Harrow, Arch of Triumph, The Black Rose, B. F.'s Daughter, The Snake Pit
•Movies: The Best Years of Our Lives (Academy Award Picture), Notorious, Great Expectations
•Songs: Tenderly, Come Rain or Come Shine, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
•Popular Musicians: Frank Sinatra, Ink Spots, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Perry Como, Andrews Sisters
•TV Shows: Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Esso Newsreel (programming limited to about 12 hours a week on two networks)
•B.B. King's musical career begins
•Dean Martin's musical career begins
•Bill Haley's musical career begins
•The first Cannes Film Festival takes place in Cannes
Everyday Life
•Life expectancy: 62.9 years
•Average yearly income: $2,500
•Federal hourly minimum wage: $.40
•Cost of a new home: $5,600
•Cost of a new car: $1,125
•Cost of a first-class stamp: $.03
Popular Culture
•Americans eat a record 714 million gallons of ice cream
•The bikini two-piece bathing suit introduced in Paris. Named after the "ultimate impact" of the atomic testing in Bikini Atoll
•Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care influences millions of new and expectant parents throughout the U.S.
•Strapless bras become popular, ushering in a trend toward bare-shouldered women's fashions
•Tide, the first detergent designed for automatic clothes washing machines, introduced
•First electric clothes dryers
•Suntan lotions, developed for troops during World War II, marketed to consumers for the first time
•The Mensa society is created. The only qualification for membership being a high IQ in the top 98th percentile
If ur gonna play , dont waste anymore time!!!!!
Baby Boomers - What Happened in 1946?
If you are a baby boomer born in 1946, you will find this information extremely interesting. Hope you enjoy learning more about the year you were born! If you have a friend or a family member born in 1946, send them a link to this page. They will appreciate it!
Major Events
•Harry Truman is president of the United States. No vice president.
•Segregation in public transportation unconstitutional
•Congress passes the Atomic Energy Act
•UN General Assembly meets for the first time
•John D. Rockefeller donates money for a UN headquarters in New York
•League of Nations is dissolved
•First care packages reach Europe
•The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly opens in London
•The Philippines gains independence from the United States
•Winston Churchill warns of an "iron curtain" falling over Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe
•12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials
Business and Economy
•U.S. GDP (1998 dollars): $222.6 billion
•Federal spending: $55.23 billion
•Federal debt: $271 billion
•Consumer Price Index: 19.5
•Unemployment: 3.9%
•U.S. industry idled by widespread labor strikes
•Federal government takes control of railroads
•Most wartime price controls eliminated
Science and Technology
•IBM introduces fast electronic calculator
•United States built rocket reaches 50 mile height
•Smoking said to cause cancer risk
•Atomic Energy Commission created
•Xerographic photocopying process invented
•U.S. Navy tests atomic bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific
•AT&T announces first car phones
•Piaggio produces the first successful motor scooter, The Vespa
Sports
•St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox to win the World Series (4-3)
•Chicago Bears win the NFL championship
•Joe Louis defends heavyweight title for 23rd time
•"Assault" wins Belmont, Preakness and Kentucky Derby
•Shortest recorded boxing match ever; Couture defeats Walton in 10.5 seconds with one punch
Famous Baby Boomers Born in 1946
•Bill Clinton
•Cher
•Diane Keaton
•Dolly Parton
•Donald Trump
•George W. Bush
•Gianni Versace
•Hayley Mills
•Laura Bush
•Naomi Judd
•Oliver Stone
•Patricia Nixon Cox
•Patty Duke
•Sally FieldSaved
•Sandy Duncan
•Steven Spielberg
•Susan Sarandon
•Suzanne Somers
•Sylvester Stallone
•Tommy Lee Jones ( I'm right after Tommy, lol) Skyraider......
Arts and Entertainment
•Books: The King's General, This Side of Innocence, The River Road, The Miracle of the Bells, The Hucksters, The Foxes of Harrow, Arch of Triumph, The Black Rose, B. F.'s Daughter, The Snake Pit
•Movies: The Best Years of Our Lives (Academy Award Picture), Notorious, Great Expectations
•Songs: Tenderly, Come Rain or Come Shine, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
•Popular Musicians: Frank Sinatra, Ink Spots, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Perry Como, Andrews Sisters
•TV Shows: Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Esso Newsreel (programming limited to about 12 hours a week on two networks)
•B.B. King's musical career begins
•Dean Martin's musical career begins
•Bill Haley's musical career begins
•The first Cannes Film Festival takes place in Cannes
Everyday Life
•Life expectancy: 62.9 years
•Average yearly income: $2,500
•Federal hourly minimum wage: $.40
•Cost of a new home: $5,600
•Cost of a new car: $1,125
•Cost of a first-class stamp: $.03
Popular Culture
•Americans eat a record 714 million gallons of ice cream
•The bikini two-piece bathing suit introduced in Paris. Named after the "ultimate impact" of the atomic testing in Bikini Atoll
•Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care influences millions of new and expectant parents throughout the U.S.
•Strapless bras become popular, ushering in a trend toward bare-shouldered women's fashions
•Tide, the first detergent designed for automatic clothes washing machines, introduced
•First electric clothes dryers
•Suntan lotions, developed for troops during World War II, marketed to consumers for the first time
•The Mensa society is created. The only qualification for membership being a high IQ in the top 98th percentile
If ur gonna play , dont waste anymore time!!!!!