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.
Mr. Zip - A cartoon character, created by Harold Wilcox of the Cunningham and Walsh advertising company, used by USPS in the 1960s and '70s to promote the ZIP Code system. Secret - The President and his family have their own, private ZIP Code that is not publicly known. 1  History of Post Office Technology. 2  Two Letter US State and Possession Postal Service Abbreviations. 3  Free Downloadable ZIP Codes Database for Microsoft Access. 4  Mail Delivery Could be Even Slower Than USPS Admits, GAO Finds.