1947
University of Idaho
College of Engineering Dean Jesse E. Buchanan becomes the tenth President of the University of Idaho and the first alumnus to do so.
College of Engineering proposes two of the first 10 projects in the newly established University-wide Special Research Council.
2,324 enrolled students
75 faculty members
U.S. Events and Scientific Advances
Cost of a U.S. stamp is $0.03.
Proceedings of the US Congress are televised for the first time.
Edwin Land demonstrated the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera.
Tupperware is invented by Earl Tupper.
First documented sightings of "flying saucers" and UFO's.
Americans are able to purchase the first new cars manufactured since the beginning of WWII.
World Events and Scientific Advances
World Engineering Conference is organized to encourage and provide a forum for international communication between the engineering specialists of the world.
After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for refurbishment, ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
American test pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
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