Way Back.... 1955

It's been a while since Sherman, Peabody & I climbed into the way back machine. Sorry to our followers, life has been in the way for a minute. Now enjoy the year 1955...

1955

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA 0.28%

• Average Yearly Wages $4.130.00
  
  
• Minimum Hourly Rate $1.00
  
  
• Cost of a gallon of Gas 23 cents
  
  

• US military intervention in Iran

• Hurricane Diane hits the northeast United States, killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage

• The first Commercial TV Station with advertisements starts in London, England

• The St. Lawrence Seaway opens to Ocean Vessels from Montreal to US ports on the Great Lakes

• Disneyland opens in California on July 17th

• 'In God We Trust' is added to all US paper currency

• United Airlines Flight 629 is blown up shortly after takeoff over Longmont, Colorado

• Emmett Till, a black fourteen year old teenager is murdered for not showing respect to a white woman in Money, Miss.

• African American Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery Alabama

• First pocket transistor radios available

• Fish Fingers are marketed by Bird's Eye

• The first Atomically generated power is used in the US
  

And some wheels from '55