1940s

1940's

  • WWII Started

    WWII Started
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    The 1940s

  • Mount Rushmore Completed

    Mount Rushmore Completed
  • Lend-Lease Act Approved

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected for 3rd term

  • United States Joins WWII

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • Manhattan Project Begins

  • D-Day

  • G.I. Bill of Rights

  • V-E Day

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Japanese Surrender

  • America joins United Nations

  • Baby Boom Begins

  • NBA is founded

  • Truman Doctrine

  • NATO is established

  • Berlin Airlift Ended

  • Marshall Plan

  • Berlin Airlift Started