Best Answer: Their really isn't one correct answer to this question, I'll try to explain. Ill start with the home run that Mickey Mantle hit at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953. The entire baseball world was led to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed.
What year did zip codes start?   In the US 2 digit postal codes started in 1943 because many of the regulay postal clerks were away fighting WWII and the government the codes would help the inexperienceâ¦d new clerks in sorting the mail. 5 digit Zip codes went into effect on July 1, 1963.
Best Answer: Marketing Dictionary: ZIP code. Abbreviation for Zoning Improvement Plan code established by the U.S. Postal Service to identify numerically the destination of a mailing piece for easier sorting and dispatching. The original five-digit zip code has been expanded by four digits and is now called the ZIP + 4 code (see nine-digit zip code). Business Dictionary: Zip Code. Five-digit numerical code defined by the U.S. Postal Service to simplify and expedite mail distribution.