40s Major events By supertoaster Jun 13, 1940 Paris falls and france surrenders http://www.wired2theworld.com/paris05day7017small.jpg Information from all years History Central.com Feb 12, 1941 penicillin was used for the first time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin Dec 22, 1942 Phillipnees surrender http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/028/cache/philippines_2816_600x450.jpg Jul 24, 1943 British and americas bomb Hamburg Germany http://thelobby.com/Miniature%20Hamburg.jpg Jun 6, 1944 It is Dooms Day in World War II http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/112470/edit Apr 30, 1945 Hitler kills himself http://www.dailycomedy.com/images/jokes/b/adolf-hitler.jpg Feb 15, 1946 First Electronic computer made http://earlvillefreelibrary.org/images/computer_pic.jpg Dec 17, 1947 The first B47 enters service http://files.blog-city.com/files/A05/141484/p/f/b47_stratojet.jpg Jun 11, 1948 First monkey launched in space in New Mexico http://scalzi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/funny_monkey.jpg?w=424&h=305 Mar 2, 1949 Non stop flight around the world http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/First-Flight-around-the-World-1924.jpg
