Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict, the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths (with some estimates as high as 85 million dead).
Myths were melting away, and doubt was turning into demand. By 1975, sales of microwave ovens would, for the first time, exceed that of gas ranges. The following year, a reported 17% of all homes in Japan were doing their cooking by microwaves, compared with 4% of the homes in the United States the same year.
Nearly every home has one, but microwave ovens still mystify. July 23, 2011|By Mike McClintock | Special to Tribune Newspapers. When America entered the space race in the early 1960s, a new wave of space-age products promised a leisurely future, . but only one was really different and remains somewhat mystifying: the microwave oven.