America - 1947AD
In 1947AD:
The U.S. Marshall Plan for economic recovery in Europe was established.
Tennessee Williams' play
A Streetcar Named Desire
was produced.
Edwin Land demonstrated the single-step Polaroid Land Camera.
American pilot Kenneth Arnold made the first alleged sighting of flying saucers.
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in an X-1 rocket plane.
Baseball player Jackie Robinson became the first black to play in the major leagues.
Artist Jackson Pollock produced
Full Fathom Five
using drip paint techniques.
Artist Mark Rothko began experimenting with Color-field painting.
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