When I saw that Bryd had his last post in 1947, I was not surprised because so much happened in 1947. I will post more about this year later.
In the meantime, look at a few things that we know about that happened in 1947,
1947 was a very important year for inventions( or attributed to First Use ), important discoveries and other events like the below:
1. Transistor USA from Bell Laboratories
2. The Polaroid Corporation introduced instant cameras in 1947.
3. Goodrich Manufacturers first Tubeless Tyre
4. ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade.
5. Microwave Oven
6. Holography Process of making a 3-D hologram. British physicist Dennis Gabor proposed the theory of holography in 1947, but it only became practicable with the invention of the laser.
7.Cellular telephone service conceived by D.H. Ring at Bell Labs in 1947, but the technology didn't exist, the firm introduced the first service in Missouri in 1947.
8. First LP's produced US
9. The Sound Barrier Broken ( Traveling faster than Sound
10. Walter Morrison invents the Frisbee
11. First introduced in 1947, the wrist-watch radio used a "new miniature radio transceiver being developed by the U. S. Bureau of Standards", capable of receiving/transmitting short waves while also picking up standard radio broadcasts.
12. Slinky USA by Richard T James
13. Jonas Salk developed his polio vaccine in 1947
14. Artificial Intelligence by Alan Turing (It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence, Intelligence is the computational part of the ability to achieve goals in the world. Varying kinds and degrees of intelligence occur in people, many animals and some machines. )
15. Polaroid Land Camera Demonstrated giving photos in 60 seconds
Other important Events:
India Independence 1947
CIA established in 1947
UFO allegedly found on July 7th in the Roswell UFO incident
United Nations votes in favor of the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel.
First Of The Dead Sea Scrolls Found in caves near Wadi Qumran
Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
Start of the Cold War from circa 1947 until the decline and eventual collapse of East European and Soviet state communism in the late 1980s.
Systematic geomagnetic observations in Turkey star ted in 1947 at Istanbul-Kandilli (ISK) Observatory
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the non-profit organization incorporated in 1947
Video games and their sources started with an example back around 1947 with the "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device" by two individuals by the name of Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.
An astute businessman and small-time manufacturer, Soichiro began to make his dream a reality when, in 1947, he created and designed his first motorbike, the A-Type.
On July 17, 1947, The National Association of Real Estate Boards applied to the United States Patent Office to register REALTOR as a trademark.
Way back around 1947, many banks in the US started doing their premium customers a favor. The banks gave them a piece of paper for the customers to flaunt at stores. The paper said, “ We, the bank, will pay you on behalf of the customer. Just send us the bill.”
In December 1947, the founder of NASCAR, Bill France Sr., organized a meeting with all drivers and pit crews to come up with ideas for rules and regulations pertaining to teams and tracks.
It all started in 1947 for Danelectro Guitars. The company was founded by Nathan Daniel and began making amplifiers for department stores Sears Roebuck Co.and Montgomery Ward.
On December 6, 1947, President Harry S. Truman formally declared Everglades a National Park, at a ceremony held at neighbouring Everglades City.
The Elmer is a prominent company that manufactures different types glue and adhesives. It has a very wide experience since 1947, in the field of manufacturing different types of glue and adhesives.
Established way back in the year 1947 in the US, Solgar vitamin and Herb Company founders could have hardly fathomed where they were heading half a century after their inception.
The AK47 is the most recognizable firearm in history, since their start in
1947. The AK47 firearm is know most of all for its role in wars from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, which shouldn’t be a surprising that AK-47 rifles can be seen in a number of countries coat of arms. The AK-47 is a gas operated rifle and was manufactured in Russia and is still renowned as the best assault rifle. This is a weapon made for reliability under any circumstance and has enough power to drop just about anything..
From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free For Life At Lourdes, Spiritual Healing happens. Medical records there offer the most organized body of data stretching back in time. There has been an international medical commission investigating claims of healing at Lourdes since 1947.
Special education has been assisting students with learning disabilities in the United States education system since the end of World War II. The first push for special education started when a group of parent-organized advocacy groups surfaced.
In 1947 one of the first organizations, the American Association on Mental Deficiency, held its first convention.
Christian Dior had always passion to scents: “Perfume is a shadow, a reflection of woman’s personality, that’s her last image”. Miss Dior, Diorama, Diorissimo which were created during Dior’s life, have in their names the sacred name “DIOR”. They are identified as classic, “Dioric” scents. Their flacons and packages are designed in Dior’s fashion house style: gray, white and pink colors, medallio ns a-la Louis 14, silk laces around the flacons. Miss Dior was created in 1947, in breaking a record period- in one month! Stable and feminine scent was very unusual for those times.
From condos to luxury homes to amazing mountain chalets, Aspen has it all. Here are some of the popular vacation rental options.The Aspen Mountain Lodge has a bit of history attached to it. This is where skiing began on Ajax Mountain, way back in 1947, when the world's longest ski lift at the time was opened for the public.
In today’s hectic business environment, it is vital that we are all on the same page, right? But how do we know if we meet those standards? Business owners and executives can avoid the uncertainty, and that’s where ISO 9001 certification comes in. Standardizing Quality Systems The ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, was
established in 1947 to develop international standards for everything from electronics to management systems.
The Lundby Study is a prospective, longitudinal investigation of mental disorders in a total population. In 1947 Essen-Möller et al. examined all but 1% of the 2550 inhabitants of a geographically delimited area in southern Sweden. In 1957 Hagnell re-examined the 1947 cohort, irrespective of domicile, also adding the 1013 newcomers20to the area. In 1972 Hagnell and Öjesjö re-examined the total cohort (N=3563), again irrespective of domicile. The participation rate was 98% in these studies. The data provided rates of prevalence, incidence, and probability of developing a mental illness. Background factors of senile dementia were also identified. In 1972 the cumulative lifetime probability of contracting Senile Dementia Alzheimer Type was reported to be 25.5% in men and 31.9% in women. For Vascular Dementia the figures were 29.8% in men and 25.1% in women. Starting in 1997 Nettelbladt et al. once again examined the Lundby population, now aged 40+. This 50-year follow-up offers the opportunity of studying the occurrence of mental disorders in an ageing population.
BFC Marine, as we are known today, was started in 1947 when Howard Kirkpatrick Sr. turned his hobby of racing boats into a marine business. Howard Sr. enjoyed the sport and won many trophies.
STORY ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE TECHNIQUE* In 1947 started to attend ...
In 1947. I. started to attend Landau’s seminar, and at that time. Smorodinsky reported Feynman’s work, where diagrams were introduced.
http://eproceedings.worldscinet.com/9789812705129/preserved-docs/9789812705129_0001.pdfPinball tables has been around for many years. Many remember them from the Arcades as a way to use their free time. The first tables did'nt have flippers and were all mechanical driven. It was first in 1947 that flippers were introduced in pinball by Gottlieb's "Humpty Dumpty" table.
ESTABLISHING AND ACTIVITY OF THE ARCHIVES OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.The efforts for establishing of the Archives of Bosnia-Herzegovina was initiated by Milan Popović. In his letter to President of Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina, dated on July 9, 1947, he sent a Draft of Regulation of establishing of Archives.
Regulation came into force on December 12, 1947. In accordance with its provisions, Archives of Bosnia-Herzegovina collect, arrange and preserve archives and enable use of them. All administrative corporate bodies were obliged to transfer their archives created before year 1918. They were obliged to deliver lists of archives that they possess, and to inform Archives about all changes on records.
Information Technology Industry TimeLine
http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/histoire/english/information_technology/information_technology_2.htmWeather in 1947
http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/Bereklauw/Weather1947.htmThis is where it all started IN 1947 with the hand made wood patterns.This picture shows the three types of cast aluminum cabs that the All American Toy Co. used from 1947 to the present..
http://www.allamericantoyco.com/aatc_history.phpMercury Records is an inveterate and veritable pop/rock label having started in America in 1947.
In 1947-1949 a group of mental patients in Sweden were used as subjects in a full-scale experiment designed to bring about tooth decay. They were fed copious amounts of candy, and many of them had their teeth completely ruined. But, scientifically speaking, the experiment was a huge success.
American Automobile Association .The Foundation, which was started in
1947, has funded more than 170 research projects designed to discover the causes of traffic accidents.
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