1940s Timeline
Roosevelt signed lend-lease act authorizing transfer of war materiel to England.
German troops invaded Yugoslavia,
Greece, and Crete.
German troops invaded USSR.
German U-boats sank U.S. destroyer
Reuben James.
Tojo became Japanese Premier.
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Congress declared war on Japan.
Germany and Italy declared war on U.S.
Japan invaded the Philippines.
Wake Island and Guam fell to the Japanese.
There I Go (Vaughn Monroe)
Amapola (Jimmy Dorsey)
I Hear a Rhapsody (Jimmy Dorsey)
Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller)
Maria Elena (Jimmy Dorsey)
Elmer's Tune (Glenn Miller)
There'll Be Some Changes Made
(Benny Goodman)
Daddy (Sammy Kaye)
Delores (Tommy Dorsey)
You Made Me Love You (Harry James)
Dream Valley (Sammy Kaye)
Dancing in the Dark (Artie Shaw)
Rubb Roosevelt secretly authorized the Manhattan Project to develop atomic energy for military purposeses
Aerosol spray can
"Superman"
Air-conditioned automobiles
The saying "Killroy was here."
Howell M. Forgy coined the wartime phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."
Air-conditioning
Commercial TV
The term "Rosie the Riveter"
There was a shortage of silk stockings due to the war in the Pacific
Citizen Kane
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Sergeant York
Suspicion
Dumbo
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
High Sierra
The Lady Eve
Best Actress:
Joan Fontaine (Suspicion)
Best Actor:
Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)