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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked base at pearl harbor on decemeber 7, 1941. -
Anne Frank goes into hiding
Anne frank and her familyWent into hiding at Secret Annex, located in Otto Frank's business at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. -
Ball-point pens go on sale
On that first day of sales, Gimbels store sold out its entire stock of 10,000 pens-at $12.50 each! The gimbels store ad described the ball point pen as being fantastic... miraculous fountain pen ... guaranteed to write for two years without refilling! -
President Fanklin D Roosevelt dies
America's longest serving president who had led the nation through the Great Depression and World War 2 is dead. He died of a stroke. -
Slink hits shelves
An engineer named Richard James dropped a tension spring on the ground and saw how it moved. He named it slinky which meant sinuous and stealthy. The first slinky was sold at Gimbels . -
Henry Ford dies
Henry Ford dies of cancer on April 7 1947 at the age of 83 in his house in Dearborn Michigan. -
Polaroid cameras were invented
Invented by Edwin Lane in USA. Produced black and white photos in a minute. -
First flight around the world without landing
Plane made It around the world without landing.
