Technology Project - 1940-1949 By andrewboehme Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Jun 11, 1944 D-Day takes place This is the largest seaborne invasion ever by the Allied forces. 1945 ENIAC is the first general purpose computer Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Two days later another one is dropped on Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The United Nations was formed 1948 Israel proclaimed a nation Jan 30, 1948 Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi Oct 1, 1949 The People's Republic of China is formed