1940s Timeline
Civil war in China
Atomic Energy Commission established
First United Nations meeting
Korean provisional government was established dividing Korea
Atom bomb test was held at Bikini atoll in Pacific
U.S. granted independence to the Philippines
12 Nazis were sentenced to death at Nuremberg
President Truman officially ended WW II hostilities
War in Vietnam between French and Vietnamese nationalists
Prisoner of Love (Perry Como)
Personality (Johnny Mercer)
Let It Snow (Vaughn Monroe)
The Gypsy (Ink Spots)
Ole Buttermilk Sky (Kaye Kyser)
Rumors Are Flying (Frankie Carle)
The Old Lamplighter (Sammy Kaye)
Doin' What Comes Naturally (Freddy Martin)
I'm a Big Girl Now (Sammy Kaye)
Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy (Stan Kenton)
Sentimental Reasons (Nat Cole)
I Don't Know Enough About You (Peggy Lee)
First electronic computer
Electric blankets
The term "iron curtain"
The term film noir (black film)
Control Intelligence Group (later, the CIA)
Ektachrome color film
Trans-Atlantic passenger flights
John D. Rockefeller donated $8.5 million for construction of the U.N. building in New York
Bikini bathing suit was introduced in Paris
Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Sleep
The Postman Always Rings Twice
It's a Wonderful Life
To Each His Own
Gilda
My Darling Clementine
Notorious
The Killers
Best Actress:
Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own)
Best Actor:
Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives)