1940's Timeline Alex and Parker By alex_hayes21 Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1949 1940's Timeline Alex and Parker Feb 19, 1940 Freeze Drying is Adapted for Food Preservation. May 15, 1940 The First McDonald's Hamburger Stand Opens in Pasadena, C.A. Aug 20, 1940 Leon Trotsky was Assasinated Jul 9, 1941 Penicillin was First used to Treat Humans Oct 31, 1941 Mount Rushmore was Completed Dec 7, 1941 Japanese's Attack on Pearl Harbor Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death March Jun 4, 1942 The End of the Battle of Midway Jul 6, 1942 Anne Frank Goes Into Fiding Apr 19, 1943 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Starts Jul 8, 1943 Jean Moulin Killed Sep 3, 1943 Italy Joins the Allies Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 17, 1944 First German V1 and V2 Rockets Fired Jul 12, 1944 Assassination Attempt on Hitler Fails Apr 12, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 Germany Surrenders in WWII Aug 6, 1945 The United States Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 The United States Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Apr 20, 1946 League of Nations Dissolved Jun 2, 1946 Italy Abolishes Monarchy Oct 1, 1946 12 NAZI Laeders are hanged in the Conclusion of the Nuremberg Trials Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier in Baseball Jun 5, 1947 The Marshall Plan Took Place Nov 20, 1947 ◦Britain’s Princess Elizabeth marries Phillip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh Jan 30, 1948 Gandhi was Assassinated May 14, 1948 The State of Israel is Founded Jun 24, 1948 The Berlin Airlift was Created Apr 4, 1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was Established Jul 27, 1949 U.S. Air Force’s Lucky Lady completes First Non-Stop Around the World Flight Oct 1, 1949 China Becomes Communist