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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Leon Trotsky Assassinated
Around 5:30 p.m. on August 20, 1940, Trotsky was sitting at his desk in his study, helping Ramon Mercader (known to him as Frank Jackson) edit an article. Mercader waited until Trotsky started to read the article, then snuck up behind Trotsky and slammed a mountaineering ice pick into Trotsky's skull. -
Jeep Invented
The jeep is invented in 1941. -
Mount Rushmore Completed
Mount Rushmore is completed on this date. -
WWII
Japanese bombs Pearl Habor which is the US formal entry in world war 2. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed. -
Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding
Thirteen-year-old Anne Frank had been writing in her red-and-white-checkered diary for less than a month when her sister, Margot, received a call-up notice around 3 p.m. on July 5, 1942. Although the Frank family had planned to go into hiding on July 16, 1942, they decided to leave immediately so that Margot would not have to be deported to a "work camp." -
Manhattan Project Begins
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The Katyn Forest Massacre
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Ballpoint pens go on sale
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D-Day
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Hold the Line
President Roosevelt had issued the famous "hold the line" to stop prices from increasing further until the day Japan surrendered. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
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Slinky Toy Hits Shelves
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WWII ends in US
End in WWII when the US drops the 2nd bomb in Japan -
The Nuremberg Trials
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Winston Churchill Gives His "Iron Curtain" Speech
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Dr. Spock's "The Common Book of Baby and Child Care" Is Published
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Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
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Gandhi Assassinated
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"Big Bang" Theory Formulated
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"Dewey Defeats Truman" in the Newspaper
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Polaroid Cameras Invented
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First Non-Stop Flight Around the World
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Soviet Union Has Atomic Bomb
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China Becomes Communist
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National Gross Product - $300,000
The National Gross Product in the US is $300,000.
