Decaades Project
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The document outlines key events from each year of the 1940s. It discusses the major events of WWII from 1939-1945 including the Holocaust and Pearl Harbor bombing. It also lists many inventions from the 1940s such as nylons, the jeep, ballpoint pens, frozen dinners, and color TVs. Significant historical events included the completion of Mount Rushmore, the building of the Pentagon and Jefferson Memorial, and the founding of Israel.
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Decaades Project
- 1. The 1940's By: Corey and Jon
- 3. Holocaust Over 6 million Jews were killed
- 4. 1940 Jitterbug dance was invented Nylons were invented Bugs Bunny first appeared
- 5. 1941 Jeep was invented Mount Rushmore Carving Completed Pearl Harbor Bombed
- 6. 1942 T-shirt was invented Declaration of United Nations signed
- 7. 1943 The Pentagon is built Jefferson Memorial Built
- 8. 1944 Ballpoint pens and "Seventeen" magazine invented
- 9. 1945 Frozen dinners, atomic bomb, microwave oven, and slinky, were invented
- 10. 1946 Bikini was introduced Winston Chuchill delivers "Iron Curtain Speech"
- 11. 1947 Polaroid cameras and color TV's invented
- 12. 1948 Gandhi was assassinated Israel is founded
- 13. 1949 NATO was invented USSR tests its first atom bomb Chinese Communists win Chinese Civil War