World War II Timeline

Raymond Janus (my Grandpa) is in the Army Airforce.

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1945

Family Tree
No exact dates known just 1940 to 1945.

Raymond Dorian, my great uncle, is an officer in the Navy, Seabee division, and is stationed in Kodiak Alaska.

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1943

Family Tree
No exact dates known.

Cora Dorian (now know as my Grandma Janus) is in high school during the war years and writes to her friends and family who are in service.

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1945

Family Tree

Anna DiSalvo (my Nonna- Italian for grandma) is a young girl living in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Dead bodies wash up from the shore each day, from the war.

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1945

Family Tree

Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry make their first cartoon debut.

Jun 15, 1940

World Events Not Involving WWII
1940 Picture Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry

Anthony DiSalvo is 11 at the start of the war. Each day of the war they go to food rationing stations and receive 250 grams of bread. They also are not allowed to buy anything during the war because the police closed almost everything.

Jun 15, 1940

Family Tree
Exact date unknown. Picture citation: http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/italy.htm

Shirley Temple stars in The Blue Bird and Young People.

Jun 15, 1940

People
1940 Picture citation:http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33320/shirley-temple-americas-sweetheart-collection-volume-6-stowaway-wee-willie-winkie-young-people/

The Battle of Britain begins.

Jul 10, 1940

World War Two Events
July 10 1940 Picture citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain

Leon Trotsky is assassinated.

Aug 20, 1940

World Events Not Involving WWII
August 20 1940
Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, founder and first leader of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky is assassinated. Picture citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky

The Selective Service and Training Act

Sep 16, 1940

World Events Not Involving WWII
September 16 1940
This required men between the ages of 21 and 35 to register with their local draft board. Later when WWII began, the age requirements were changed to 18 to 35 (into military service) and 18 to 65 were required to register. Picture Citation: http://www.sjsapush.com/ch26.php

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliances.

Sep 20, 1940

World War Two Events
September 20 1940 Picture citation: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/kelly/Distance_Learning/History_17B/Lecture12/Lecture12_p03.htm

1940 Presidential Election

Nov 5, 1940

World Events Not Involving WWII
November 5 1940
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt wins reelection to a third term in the presidential office. Picture Citation: http://en.wikipeia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1940

Regular commercial television broadcasting begins.

Jun 15, 1941

World Events Not Involving WWII
1941
NBC television is also introduced for the first time. Picture citation: http://www.high-techproductions.com/testpatterns.htm

The United States sends Walt Disney to South America as a part of its Good Neighbor Policy.

Jun 15, 1941

People
1941 Picture citation: http://www.newrafael.com/walt-disney-quotes/

Great Uncle Angelo DiSalvo is drafted to the Navy at 20 years old. He comes back to Italy in 1946 when the war has ended after being in a prison camp for four years.

Jun 15, 1941

Family Tree
Exact date unknown Picture citation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/471286124/

Aerosol Spray Can invented.

Jun 15, 1941

Inventions
1941
Inventor: Erik Rotheim Picture Citation: http://www.dipity.com/ihistory/Inventions/

Jeep invented.

Jun 15, 1941

Inventions
1941
Inventor: Arthur Herrington Picture citation: http://blogs4wdandsportutility.com/6286200/miscellaneous/old-jeep-photos-and-advertising/

Color television invented.

Jun 15, 1941

Inventions
1941
Color television by Peter Goldmark and a team of CBS researchers. This invention was based off the design by John Logie Baird in 1928, but didn’t actually hit the market until 1951. Picture Citation: http://televisiontime.wordpress.com/1940s/

Japan attacks and bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and declares war on the United States and Britain.

Dec 7, 1941

World War Two Events
December 7 1941 Picture citation: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

Italy and Germany declare war against the United States.

Dec 11, 1941

World War Two Events
December 11 1941 Picture Citation: http://topyaps.com/top-10-reasons-why-hitler-lost-world-war-ii/

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” is introduced on a Christmas Day radio.

Dec 25, 1941

People
December 25 1941 Picture citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)

My Grandpa Janus is stationed in India during the China Burma Campaign.

Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jul 31, 1945

No exact dates. Just January 1942 to July 1945.

Congress of Racial Equality is formed.

Jun 15, 1942

World Events Not Involving WWII
1942
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is founded by James L. Farmer, Jr., George Houser, James R. Robinson, Bernice Fisher, Homer Jack, and Joe Guinn. This US civil rights organization plays a huge role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Picture citation: http://civrights.wikispaces.com/Congress+of+Racial+Equality+(CORE)+-+Freedom+Rides

Pope Pius XII protests against deportations of Jews.

Jun 15, 1942

People
Sometime in June 1945
Pope Pius XII protests the mass deportation of Jews in France. He orders the papal nuncio to protest against the “inhuman arrests and deportations of Jews”. Picture citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII

Electronic Digital Computer invented.

Jun 15, 1942

Inventions
1942
Inventors: John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry Picture citation: http://wikibon.org/blog/timeline-of-computer-development/

Gandhi is arrested.

Aug 9, 1942

People
August 9 1942
Gandhi and the whole Congress Working Committee are arrested in Bombay (Mumbai, India) by the British. http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898

Coconut Grove Fire

Nov 28, 1942

World Events Not Involving WWII
November 28 1942
The Coconut Grove fire kills 492 people. This lead to tremendous change in fire codes and safety standards. http://www.boston.cm/photo_gallery/ri_fire/c2.htm

Duke Ellington debuts Black, Brown, and Beige in Carnegie Hall.

Jan 23, 1943

People
January 23 1943
http://www.jazzchicago.net/reviews/2009/BBBMLW.html

Oklahoma! the musical makes it's first debut on Broadway.

Jun 15, 1943

World Events Not Involving WWII
1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

Raymond Dorian comes home for a short period of time and gets married. Next, he goes to the South Pacific until the end of the war.

Jun 15, 1943

Family Tree
Exact dates unknown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South-pacific-map.jpg

Great Uncle Vincent DiSalvo dies at 18 from ear cancer.

Jun 15, 1943

Family Tree
Exact date unknown. Picture Citation: http://timeline.cummer.org/timeline/the-italian-garden

Silly Putty invented.

Jun 15, 1943

Inventions
1943
Inventor: James Wright Picture citation: http://originsofthings.blogspot.com/2011/08/history-of-silly-putty.html

Italy surrenders to the Allies.

Sep 8, 1943

World War Two Events
September 8 1943 http://www.dipity.com/screamek/Italy-Timeline-20th-Century/

Italy declares war on Germany.

Oct 13, 1943

World War Two Events
October 13 1943 http://blog.aurorahistoryboutique.com/category/world-history/world-war-ii-world-history/

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

World War Two Events
June 6 1944
Allies arrive in France with an invasion killing many http://www.gijobs.com/blog.aspx?id=2795&blogid=143

Elizabeth Taylor’s first big success- National Velvet.

Jun 15, 1944

People
1944
http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/N/National%20Velvet.htm

Kidney Dialysis Machine invented.

Jun 15, 1944

Inventions
1944
Inventor: Willem Kolff Picture citation: http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/museum/artifacts1/kidney.html

Aqualung invented.

Jun 15, 1944

Inventions
1944
Inventors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan Picture Citation: http://www.diveconcepts.com/gear/diving-concepts/

1944 Presidential Election

Nov 7, 1944

World Events Not Involving WWII
November 7 1944
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt makes history by becoming the first and only president to be elected to a fourth term. http://zenoizen.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/skelly-oil-1944-presidential-election-book/

Women get the right to vote in France.

Jun 15, 1945

World Events Not Involving WWII
1945 http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/TWR-13.html

Cordell Hull wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Jun 15, 1945

People
1945
Cordell Hull wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts for peace and understanding in the Western Hemisphere, his trade agreements, and his work to establish the United Nations. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1945/hull-bio.html

Candyland invented.

Jun 15, 1945

Inventions
1945
Inventor: Eleanor Abbott http://www.hasbro.com/games/en_US/discover/candyland_history.cfm

Microwave invented.

Jun 15, 1945

Inventions
1945
Inventor: Perry Spencer Picture Citation: http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/04/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-the-microwave/

Atomic Bomb invented.

Jun 15, 1945

Inventions
1945
Inventors: The Manhattan Project Picture citation: http://www.dipity.com/itvs/History-of-Congo/

The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

Aug 6, 1945

World War Two Events
August 6 1945 http://maryasglobalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/us-atomic-bombing-of-japan-in-1945.html

The United States drops another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

Aug 9, 1945

World War Two Events
August 9 1945 http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/nagasaki_atomic_bomb

Tommy Brown hits a homerun and becomes the youngest person to hit a major league homerun.

Aug 20, 1945

People
August 20 1945
Tommy Brown, shortstop of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the time, at the age of 17, hits a homerun and becomes the youngest person to hit a homerun in the MLB.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-mods-rosters-photos-quick-starts/184046-gambo-t_wil1-photopack-407.html

Jackie Robinson meets Branch Rickey of the Dodgers.

Aug 28, 1945

People
August 28 1945
Jackie Robinson meets Branch Rickey of the Dodgers and agrees to join the Dodger Organization. This is only the beginning of his long-lived career with the Dodgers. http://newsone.com/1172265/newsone-celebrates-jackie-robinson-day-2011/

World War Two ends and my Grandpa Janus joins the Air Forde Reserves

Sep 2, 1945

Family Tree
No exact dates known. Picture Citation: http://www.commandposts.com/2012/04/doolittle-raid-reading-and-viewing-list/

World War II ends.

Sep 2, 1945

World War Two Events
September 2 1945 http://www.dipity.com/luivic/Slovakia/