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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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The breakfast cereal Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by General Mills.
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Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders S.S. General Reinhard Heydrich to “submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question.”
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Dora Maar au Chat (Dora Maar with Cat) is a 1941 painting by Pablo Picasso. It depicts Dora Maar, the painter's lover, seated on a chair with a small cat perched on her shoulders. This work is one of the world's most expensive paintings.
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Holocaust: the Nazi German extermination camp Sobibor opens in occupied Poland on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór. Between April 1942 and October 1943, at least 160,000 people are killed in the camp.
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Salvador Dalí publishes his autobiography, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí
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On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary.
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Walt Disney‘s animated film, Bambi premieres in United Kingdom.
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Terry Venables, English football manager
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February 10 – March 3 – Mohandas Gandhi keeps a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.
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July 1 – Women’s Army Corps (WAC) converted to full status.
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wifredo lam the jungle
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January 5 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
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February 26 – Shooting begins on the Nazi propaganda film, “The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews” in Theresienstadt.
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Burning controversy after his first exhibition at the Galerie René Drouin, Paris
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Won the Arcihibald prize with his portrait of Hon Sol Rosevear.
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Salavador Dali creates image “The Madonna of Port Lligat”
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Design team Charles and Ray Eames Construct there home and studio
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Born 19th September 1949, is Lesley Hornby, or as you may recognise her, Twiggy. International Super Model
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Walt Disney release Cinderella. The fairy tale was a huge boz office hit
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English sculptor and artist Henry Moore produced "Family Group"
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First world cup after the second world war.
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Artist Lucian Freud's first wife when she was pregnant, the image is currently part of the Tate collection.
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Walt Disney releases Alice in Wonderland. Hugely popular and there are countless remakes, most recently Tim Burtons, Wonderland 2010 starring Johnny Depp.
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Irish singer, songwriter, author, and political activist. Known for his charity work, Live Aid.
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Social disorder in Brixton as a result of racial tensions and recession.
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A spectacle of pomp and ceremony and occasion to celebrate for many in the UK.
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Controversial Photographer best known for her pictures of naked males and her investigation by the FBI after displaying pictures of her naked 6 year old son. She was able to redefine what was acceptable in art in America.
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An unpopular war which was costly in both lives and resources for Britain. Unsupported by the US, Britain fought alone agianst Argentina to win back the invaded Falkland Islands. A place with a population of only 2000 British citizens at the time.
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A huge artwork involving covering the area of water around several islands in the US. Intended to be seen from the air.
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The first man-made object to leave the solar system. Demonstrates the space programs commitment to continue space exploration.
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Changing the face of the British artworld and starting a tradition that continues today.
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Begins a long period of enimity between Britain and Libya. Gaddaffi's regime eventually admits responsibility and pays compensation to WPC Fletcher's family. Prime Minister Thatcher agreed later to allow US Bombing raids on Libya based in the UK.
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The famine continues for years and many more die. A huge relief effort is made by Britain and the west. Bob Geldolf's Live Aid was a reaction to this disaster.
