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1940's to the 1950's
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The Olympics cancelled
The summer olympics in Japan was cancelled due to wold war breaking out.. -
Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. -
pearl harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy by the allies which caused over 425,000 Allied and German troops lives, and alot were wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American plane dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. -
the end of World War 2
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Jackie Robinson
One of the first black baseball players to play with the whites. This would break the color line and help with the civil rights movement. -
The Korean war begins
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North. -
Earl Lloyd
He and two others, Nat Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African American players in the NBA in 1950. -
The Korean war ends
The fighting ended in 1953, but only an armistice was signed – a temporary measure to end the conflict. -
Vietnam War
this would become a very unpopular war in america and it would a very long war it would last until 1975. America would step in to help protect south vietnam from the communist north vietnam. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks on a bus was told to give her seat to a white person but refused and would be arreseted for her actions and after this event the civil rights movement would start and she would become a big part of this movement. -
New York yankees world series
this this the 17th time they went to the world sereis
