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GERMANY INVADES POLAND
THE INVASION OCCURED ONE WEEK AFTER SIGNING THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT. -
GREAT BRITIAN DECLARES WAR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAIHS, ATTENDED THE COUNTY FAIR. THEY JOINED IN A PEACE DEMONSTRATION AS GREAT BRITIAN DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY. -
HIGHLAND PARK ZOO
HIGLAND PARK ZOO, WAS RECONSTRUCTED AND REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. -
FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY
PHILIPPE PETAIN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND FRANCE WOULD ASK FOR AN ARMSTICE. FRANCE COULD NOT FIGHT AGAINST GERMANY DUE TO TROUBLES IN THEIR COUNTRY. -
JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
THIS WAS A SURPRISE ATTACK AGAINST THE UNITED STATES NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. MANY PEOPLE DIED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. -
PITTSBURGH SURPRISED OF ATTACK
PITTSBURGH WAS SHOCKED OPVER THE JAANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. -
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT NAVAL BATTLE OF WORLD WAR 2. THIS BATTLE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS HORRIFIC WAR. -
WAGE INCREASE FOR STEEL WORKERS
STEEL WORKERS, WAGE COMMITTEE, MEETING AT WILLIAM PENN HOTEL. THERE WAS A 44 CENT WAGE INCREASE GRANTED BY THE WAR LABOR BOARDS. -
THE ARMY SHOW
THE ARMY SHOW WAS GIVEN AT PITT STADIUM. -
THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD WAS A BATTLE IN WOLD WAR 2 AND GERMANY FOUGHTTHE SOVIET UNION, THEY DID THIS TO CONTROL THE CITY OF STALINGRAD IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA. -
D DAY
D-DAY WAS THE DAY THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY BEGAN. THIS WAS A TURNING POINT OF WORLD WAR 2. -
RALLY IN PITTSBURGH
A RALLY IN PITTSBURGH PLANT, 20,000 WORKERS OF WESTINGHOUSE REAFFIRMED NO-STRIKE PLEDGE FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR. -
SURVEYING CONTRACTORS
A SURVEY SHOWED THAT WAR CONTRACTS COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY IN PITTSBURGH PLANTS TOTALED 903,398,644 DOLLARS. -
ALLIES LIBERATE PARIS
THIS BATTLE TOOK PLACE DURING WORLD WAR 2. THIS BATTLE LASTED 6 EXTRA DAYS AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERED. -
REALTY DECREASE
PITTSBURGH REALTY VALUES DROPPED TO 980,000,000 DOLLARS. THIS WAS THEIR LOWEST POINT IN 25 YEARS. -
BATTLE OF BULGE
HITLER ORDERS AN ATTACK ON PRIMARY AMERICAN FORCES. HITLER PLANNED TO LEAD THE ATTACK AND CAPTURE ANTWERP. -
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
THIS WAS A BATTLE IN WHICH THE U.S. FOUGHT AND CAPTURED IWO JIMA. AS I STATED BEFORE ABOUT IMPORTANT EVENTS OF WORLD WAR 2, THIS WAS ANOTHER EVENT THAT OCCURED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. -
DR JOHN BOWAN
DR. JOHN G. BOWAN WASTHE NATIONS HIGHEST PAID EDUCATOR. HE WAS REAASIGNED FOR 15 YEARS AS CHANCELLOR OF PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY. -
100TH ANNIVERSARY
THE CITY MARKED ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY OF A FIRE THAT OCCURED IN 1845. -
FDR DIES, TRUMAN BECOMES PRESIDENT
HARRY S. TRUMAN BECAME PRESIDENT ON THE DAY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PASSED AWAY FROM CEREBRAL HEMORRAGE. MANY AMERICANS WERE SHOCKED OF HIS DEATH. -
CITY IS CLOSING DOWN
THE CITY SHUT DOWN WHEN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PASSED AWAY. -
HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE
ADOLF HITLER COMMITED SUICIDE BY BITING INTO A CYANIDE CAPSULE AS HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE WITH A WALTHER PPK. HIS REASONING FOR THIS ACT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SO OVERWHELED WITH THE WORL WAR. -
VE DAY
THIS WAS THE DAY THE ALLIES ANNOUNCED THE SURRENDER OF GERMANS IN EUROPE. -
REELECTED PRESIDENT OF WOMENS COLLEGE
DR. PAUL ANDERSON WAS REELECTED PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S WOMEN'S COLLEGE. -
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA
THIS WAS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON A JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA. MANY WERE SURPRISED BY THE U.S. ATTACK. -
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI
THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A U.S. AIRCRAFT ON THE JAPANESE CIVILIANS. MANY DIED FROM MILES AWAY FROM THE PLACE THE BOMBING OCCURED. -
STEEL MILLS
RUSSIAN LABOR LEADERS ARRIVED TO THE DITRICTS STEEL MILLS. -
JAPAN SURRENDERS
THE CITY WAS HAPPY THATTHE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. -
VJ DAY
THIS WAS A VICTORY OVER JAPAN. THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED AND SAVED MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD. -
DECREASE OF WORKERS
PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIES LAID OFF 7,000 WORKERS AS A CANCELLATION OF THE WAR CONTRACT.
