1942-1953

By kendelkrutsch

  • Japanese Internment Camps begin

    Japanese Americans were forced to move into camps surrounded by barbed wire. These camps were established during World War II by Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Pearl Harbor attack.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The battle between Russia and Nazi Germany during World War II.

  • The first kidney dialysis machine

    Willem Kolff invents and develops the first kidney dialysis machine.

  • France is invaded

    France, Belgium and the Netherlands are conquered and land operations on the Western Front are brought to an end.

  • D-Day

    An event at World War II in which allied forces invaded France in beach landings in Normandy.

  • The passing of Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies suddenly from a stroke at age 63.

  • World War II ends

    The ending of World War II ends with the surrender of the Japanese.

  • Cold War begins

    The Cold War was a period with tension between communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Western World.

  • Credit Cards are invented

    Credit cards are introduced by the Diner's Club, Inc.

  • Dwight Eisenhower is elected

    Dwight Eisenhower becomes the President of the United States in 1952.