Timeline+of+Events+(Late+1940's)


 * 1946**
 * Bikinis introduced
 * Microwave oven is invented
 * Magic 8 Ball is invented
 * 1947**
 * Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
 * Jewish refugees aboard the Exodus turned back by Britain
 * Marshall Plan
 * Polaroid cameras invented
 * Tupperware is introduced
 * Jackie Robinson becomes first black player to play in the MLB
 * Jimmy Doyle dies of cerebral hemorrhage after losing to Sugar Ray Robinson
 * 1948**
 * The "Big Bang" theory was formulated
 * Ghandi was assassinated
 * State of Israel is founded
 * Frisbee and velcro is invented
 * The game Scrabble is made
 * Cleveland Indians signs with the Cleveland Indians
 * Babe Ruth dies
 * 1949**
 * China becomes communist
 * NATO established
 * Soviet Union has Atomic bomb
 * Ted Williams becomes highest paid baseball player. $100,000