1940s Timeline
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated
The Marshall Plan was enacted to aid Europe
Soviets blockaded Berlin; West began Berlin airlift
Israel was created
U.S. and European allies drafted a plan creating West Germany
Chinese communists declared Republic of China
Japanese Prime Minister Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes
I'm Looking Over a Four-leaf Clover (Art Moonie)
Manana (Peggy Lee)
Nature Boy (Nat Cole)
Love Somebody (Doris Day)
Buttons and Bows (Dinah Shore)
It's Magic (Doris Day)
Because (Perry Como)
Now is the Hour (Bing Crosby)
My Darling, My Darling (Doris Day)
My Happiness (Ella Fitzgerald)
Woody Woodpecker (Kaye Kyser)
A Tree in the Meadow (Margaret Whiting)
World Health Organization
The "big bang" theory
McDonald's Restaurant
LP (long-playing) record
Velcro invented by George de Mestral
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of Sierre Madre
I Remember Mama
Sorry, Wrong Number
Key Largo
The Naked City
The Three Musketeers
Best Actress:
Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda)
Best Actor:
Laurence Olivier (Hamlet)