Curated · Hand-written
1947
Curated entry for 1947.
Numerological root
1+9+4+7=21 → 2+1=3
3
— the speaker
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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Roswell incident
Debris recovered near Roswell, New Mexico in July; the US Army Air Forces first reported a 'flying disc', then a weather balloon. Bedrock UFO lore.
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Edwin Land's Polaroid
First instant camera demonstrated 21 February.
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Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
14 October, Bell X-1, Mach 1.06.
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Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank's diary, edited by her father Otto, published in Dutch by Contact.