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Fashion
Fashion of the forties was very basic. If women ever wore pants' they would wear them at the waist. They would wear real fur coats and their dresses always went down to their knees -
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Toys
1)Yoyos are a cheap and fun toy that dates back to the prehistoric times. -
Movie
Several British and US civilians, service members and merchant marines are stuck in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U-boat sink each other in combat -
Actress
Frances Anne Rafferty was an American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and MGM contract star.
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Technology
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atomic bomb, also called atom bomb, The first atomic bomb test, near Alamogordo, N.M., July 16, 1945. an atomic weapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei of such heavy elements as plutonium or uranium.
When a neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of the isotopes uranium 235 or plutonium-239, it causes that nuclear explosion from encyclopedia britanica -
President
Franklin was president from 1933-1945, One of his hobbies included stamp collecting. He was the only president whose mother made him wear a dress until he was five. He died in 1945, and had six children. -
News Event
World War II was one of the worlds most devastating wars. For every person that was killed, four more were injured. America was being attacked by the Germans. Thousands Died. -
Transportation
Chrystler was a popular brand of cars in the forties. They offered luxury vehicles and they introduced sealed beam headlights on their cars. They were at their peak when the World War II broke out. -
Music
The Jitterbug was a very popular dance in the forties. It was paired with very fast paced mucic. The dancing was crazy and wild but people loved it. -
Radio Show
Quiet People was a popular radio show in the forties. radio shows were more common than telivistion because the TV was just invented and not many people had it yet. They were thriller stories, just not so graphic of disturbing as most. Willis Cooper read and wrote all the stories on the radio show Quiet People. -
Sports Figure
mattie pearl is not a famous person. she is just a little girl on her school basketball team. but i like her because she was the only girl on the whole team. there were almost no sports for girls and she was ten years old