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Tom and Jerry
Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM -
WWII
World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. -
Pinball
Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal (due to gambling, and "free games") -
Pentagon
World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed -
Joe Nuxhall
Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall -
Irwin C Mollison
Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin -
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers forms -
Popcorn Sutton
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton was born (greatest moonshiner to ever live) -
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali -
NASCAR
NASCAR is incorporated!!!!!! -
Bombs
USSR performs first nuclear test, and explodes its first atomic bomb