1949 History Snapshot

Politics: On April 4, 1949 The North Atlantic Treaty was signed, committing the United States to be closer with our European allies.

Sports: Frank J. Zamboni invented the Zamboni Ice Resurfacing Machine.

Popular Songs include: A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Night, That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine and Riders in the Sky by Vaughn Monroe

The Big Movies included Samson and Delilah, On The Town and Battleground

Price of a gallon of gas in 1949: 22 cents

Live-in 'mother's helper': $120.00/month

The World Population was ~ 2,562,000,000

Candyland (board game) was introduced in 1949.

And... Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire won the Pulitzer Prize.

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