Bamboo Grove By debateproject Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1950 1940's Jul 27, 1940 Bugs Bunny Appearance Aug 21, 1940 Leon Trotsky Assasination Nov 7, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Re-Elected May 1, 1941 Cheerios Founded Oct 31, 1941 Mt Rushmore Completed Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March Aug 13, 1942 Manhattan Project Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Oct 13, 1943 Italy Joins Allies Jun 6, 1944 D Day Jul 20, 1944 Hitler Escapes His Death Apr 12, 1945 FDR Death Oct 24, 1945 UN Founded Jul 22, 1946 King David Hotel Bombed Dec 11, 1946 Unicef Founded Apr 21, 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls Found Oct 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier Jan 30, 1948 Ghandi Death May 14, 1948 Israel Becomes A Nation Mar 2, 1949 First Flight Around World Without Stopping Oct 1, 1949 China Becomes Communist