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Pricing
1940-1949
Arts
F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies
12/21/1940 - 12/22/1940
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Artists focused on the common man and Europe activity
01/01/1941 - 01/01/1946
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They focused on the realism of the time period
Dr. Spock's The Common Book of Baby and Child Care was published
1946 - 1947
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Arthur Miller's Death of A Salesman premiered on Broadway
02/10/1949 - 02/11/1949
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World Events
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
12/07/1941 - 12/08/1941
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Japanese - Americans put in Interment Camps
1942 - 1943
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D-Day Begins
06/06/1944 - 06/07/1944
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Hitler Commits Suicide
04/30/1945 - 05/01/1945
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Ghandi Assassinated
01/03/1948 - 01/04/1948
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China becomes Communist
1949 - 1950
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Soviet Union gets an atomic bomb
1949 - 1950
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NATO Formed
04/04/1949 - 04/05/1949
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Business and the Economy
8 milion Americans unemployed during the Great Depression
1940 - 1950
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Gas 11 cents
1940 - 1941
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Bretton Woods System
1944 - 1945
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Slinky hit shelves
1945 - 1946
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Education
Education System was Improved
1940 - 1950
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Federal Lunch Program
1940 - 1941
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Students numbering 12,640,000 are enrolled in the Federal Lunch Program at a cost of around 12 million dollars.
53% of college students are Veterans
1946 - 1947
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Fashion
Shoulder Pads for Women
1940 - 1950
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T-shirt Introduced
1942 - 1943
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Bikinis Introduced
07/05/1946 - 07/06/1946
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Government and Politics
US Congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft
09/14/1940 - 09/15/1940
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Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first man to hold office for three terms.
11/05/1940 - 11/06/1940
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UN Charter signed
06/26/1945 - 06/27/1945
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Law and Justice
Frank Murphy
01/15/1940 - 01/16/1940
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On January 15, the Senate approves Frank Murphy's appointment to the Supreme Court.
Korematsu vs. the United States
12/18/1944 - 12/19/1944
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The US Supreme Court rules in the case of Korematsu vs. the US, the wartime interment of japanese Americans on the west coast was valid during a time of war
Executive Order 9981
07/26/1948 - 07/27/1948
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Executive Order 9981 ending segregation in the US military and signed into effect by Harry S. Truman
Lifestyle and Social Trends
The Great Depression
1940 - 1950
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Women working to keep up with WW2 demands
1940 - 1950
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Media
Superman Radio
02/12/1940 - 02/13/1940
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the radio show Superman begins, providing the source for such lines as "Up, up, and away!" and "This looks like a job for Superman!"
Batman Published
04/01/1940 - 06/01/1940
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In spring, the first issue of Batman is published.
WW2 is widely covered in newspapers and radio.
01/01/1941 - 01/01/1946
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The war and soldiers coming home received widespread media attention from 1941-1946
Medicine and Health
Preserving Blood
1940 - 1950
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O.H. Robertson, a Canadian medical officer during World War I, discovered that a solution of citrate glucose could preserve blood for as long as twenty-one days.
Nobel Prize not Awarded due to WW2
10/10/1940 - 10/11/1940
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the medical faculty at Stockholm University announces it will not award the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1940 because of the ongoing war
Vitamin B-12
1948 - 1949
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American physicians Minot and Murphy isolate antianemic factor, vitamin B-12
Religion
The United Jewish Appeal is founded
1940 - 1941
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450,000 Christian Pacifists in the US
01/19/1941 - 01/20/1941
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the Institute for Propaganda Analysis estimates there are 450,000 Christian pacifists in the United States.
The Holocaust
1942 - 1946
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Science and Technology
First Computer
1941 - 1942
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Chuck Yeager, first man to break sound barrier
1947 - 1948
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Polaroid cameras invented
1947 - 1948
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The Long Telegram
1947 - 1948
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Sports
Elimination of Football at UC
01/12/1940 - 01/13/1940
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On January 12, the University of Chicago announces the elimination of its football program, saying the sport is a handicap to education
Ted Williams ends the season with a .400 BA, last player to accomplish that feat
09/28/1941 - 09/29/1941
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Jackie Robinson Breaks MLB's Barrier
04/15/1947 - 04/16/1947
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Jackie Robinson breaks MLB's barrier against colored player when he debuts at first base for Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers