- FDR signed lend-lease act authorizing transfer of war materiel to England - German troops under Rommel battled British troops in Africa - German troops invaded Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete - German troops invaded USSR - Fair Employment Practices Committee was established to promote Negro equality in defense industries and government employment - The AFL and the Office of Production Management agreed to a no-strike agreement - U.S. peacefully occupied Iceland for the duration of the war - FDR embargoed oil and scrap metal to Japan - German U-boats sank U.S. destroyer Reuben James - Tojo became Japanese Premier - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor - Congress declared war on Japan - Germany and Italy declared war on U.S. - Japan invaded the Philippines - Wake Island and Guam fell to Japanese |
- There I Go (Vaughn Monroe) - Amapola (Jimmy Dorsey) - I Hear a Rhapsody (Jimmy Dorsey) - Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller) - Maria Elena (Jimmy Dorsey) - Elmer's Tune (Glenn Miller) - There'll Be Some Changes Made (Benny Goodman) - Daddy (Sammy Kaye) - Delores (Tommy Dorsey) - You Made Me Love You (Harry James) - Dream Valley (Sammy Kaye) - Dancing in the Dark (Artie Shaw) |
- Ohioan Howell M. Forgy coined the wartime phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." - Cheerios - First commercial: the Bulova Time Signal - Rubber rationing - Mt. Rushmore Memorial - Aerosol spray can - "Superman" animated cartoon - Quonset huts - "Wonder Woman" - "Curious George" books - Office of Price Administration - Office of Production Management - National Defense Mediation Board - U.S. Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps - Commercial TV - Baseball game telecast - The term "Rosie the Riveter" - Air-conditioned automobiles (Packard) - The saying "Killroy was here." |
- Ted Williams batted over .400 - Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games - New York Yankees won the World Series - Chicago Bears were NFL champs - University of Minnesota was college football champ - University of Wisconsin won NCAA basketball title - Bruce Smith of Minnesota won the Heisman Trophy - Robert L. Riggs won the men's U.S. Open tennis title - Sarah Palfrey Cooke won the women's U.S. Open tennis title - Craig Wood won the U.S. Open golf tournament - Craig Wood won the Masters golf tournament - "Whirlaway" won horse racing's Triple Crown |
- Inner Sanctum Mysteries - The Adventures of the Thin Man - The Great Gildersleeve - The Life of Riley - The Red Skelton Show - Death Valley Days - Lum and Abner - March of Time - Rin-Tin-Tin - The Shadow |
- FDR secretly authorized the Manhattan Project to develop atomic energy for military purposes - The Maltese Falcon is often considered as the first film noir movie - Military service deferments for college students were eliminated - There was a shortage of silk stockings due to the war in the Pacific |
- Citizen Kane - How Green Was My Valley - The Little Foxes - The Maltese Falcon - Sergeant York - Suspicion - Dumbo - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - High Sierra - The Lady Eve |
- Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - Best Director: John Ford (How Green Was My Valley) - Best Actress: Joan Fontaine (Suspicion) - Best Actor: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York) |
- The Keys of the Kingdom, A. J. Cronin - Random Harvest, James Hilton - This Above All, Eric Knight - The Sun is My Undoing, Marguerite Steen - For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemmingway - Oliver Wiswell, Kenneth Roberts - H. M. Pulham, Esquire, John P. Marquand - Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, Isabel Scott Rorick - Saratoga Trunk, Edna Ferber - Windswept, Mary Ellen Chase |
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