When was the United Nations founded?
The United Nations was founded in 1945
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What was minimum wage in the 40s
In the 1940s minimum wage was $.43 per hour
Whatever happened to channel 1?
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
What's on channel 1?
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in
taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV
set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.