By the Numbers in 1941
World Population
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UK Life Expectancy
52.0 years
US Life Expectancy
53.3 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$35
Dow Jones Index
124
US National Debt
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Sovereign Nations
57
How Much Did Things Cost in 1941?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £550 | $3,400 |
| Average salary | £220 | $1,750 |
| Pint of milk | 2d | $0.13 |
| Loaf of bread | 4d | $0.08 |
| Dozen eggs | 1s 6d | $0.40 |
| Pint of beer | 7d | $0.15 |
| Cinema ticket | 9d | $0.25 |
Technology and Inventions in 1941
The Manhattan Project began in secret to develop the atomic bomb. The first aerosol can was patented in the US. Polyester was invented by British chemists. Radio remained the dominant mass medium and factories rapidly converted to wartime production.
- ● Manhattan Project initiated for atomic weapons development
- ● Konrad Zuse completed the Z3, the world's first programmable digital computer
- ● Polyester fibre invented by John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
- ● First flight of the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber
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