Oddball Facts: 1953
by Miki Saxon
I find looking back at stats and happenings in a given year is always interesting. Not just for big happenings, but for an overview of that world. I had no real reason to choose 1953; it has no special significance to me, but here is a snapshot of the US in 1953.
The biggie was the end of the Korean War.
Ernest Hemmingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
A guy named John married a gal named Jackie.
Living facts:
- The average wage was $4000/year;
- an average house cost $9500;
- an average car cost $1600; and you could
- fill it up for 20 cents a gallon.
But for all that I still wouldn’t want to go back to a 1953 world.
Image credit: Five Starr Photos
