1948
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (193964)
United States
July 9, 2025 12:42am CST
Acrocar International begins to design and develop a flying car!
The number of homes in the US that have a TV reaches over one million.
Columbia introduces the 33-1/3 rpm LP which holds 25 minutes of music per side. It replaces the 78 rpm record which held 4 minutes of music per side.
Al Jolson is the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" of the year according to a Variety poll.
The #1 song of the year was Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore and Her Happy Boys.
Eggs - $.15 per dozen
Bacon - $.42 per pound
Round steak - $.91 per pound
Minimum wage - $.40 per hour
I was born in 1948
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@snowy22315 (192443)
• United States
9h
Guess that flying car thing did not "take off." pun intended.
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@LooeyVille (72)
• United States
11h
That's interesting stats from 1948. My mom was born in 1942.
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@LindaOHio (193964)
• United States
3h
Hubby was born in 1941. We could be your parents. lololol
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@RasmaSandra (86751)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3h
I came along in 1957 and Elvis was all shook up
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@LindaOHio (193964)
• United States
3h
I'm old enough to be your mother. That's depressing.
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@Ineeddentures (9525)
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7h
You are 12 years older than I am Linda
Things sure were a lot cheaper then than they are now.
Wonder what happened to the flying car,
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@LindaOHio (193964)
• United States
3h
Don't rub it in. lololol Everyone tells me I don't look that old because I hardly have any lines on my face.
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@LindaOHio (193964)
• United States
Just now
@Ineeddentures lol That's good! It's nice to look young.
@Ineeddentures (9525)
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2h
@LindaOHio
Same here
I got told I was about 50 yesterday
Yvonne was chuffed
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@FourWalls (76450)
• United States
8h
And in 2025 the self-driving cars don’t even work on the ground!
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@RasmaSandra (86751)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3h
I came along in 1957 and Elvis was all shook up
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@Nakitakona (57461)
• Philippines
10h
That's interesting. Me Ibwas born in 1951. I remember as grow up prime commodities during that time hadb very low prices. Only radio, TV and newspapers were meant for entertainment and information dissemination.
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