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The NFL has it's major breakthrough during this time
The nfl even though being founded in 1920 with 4 teams in 40-50 is when the nfl and other sports really had its viewer breakthrough during this time. The reason they did so good during this time is because people resorted to watching sports as something to be happy/believe in during WW2. -
many athlets got defted into WW2
many athletes had to serve in the military during this time because of WW2. During WW2 many athletes (347) in the pro league in the United states. Out of the 347 only 119 of them died in battle. The reason this is significant is because now 347 athletes don't sound like a lot but in there time there was only 6-13 teams instead of 32 for football like today. -
VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY
Vera Lynn sings to workers during a lunchtime concert at a munitions factory, 1941. Lynn's performances were immensely popular with troops and she toured several overseas theatres. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/popular-pastimes-and-entertainment-in-the-second-world-war -
Music
Music during the 1940s was built around the jazz and big band styles that were popular. Artists like Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie, and Artie Shaw helped to define the musical era with their unique brand of entertaining crowds through their music. The 1940s was a time for many breakthrough artists who made their mark in the history of music and several of them are still recognized as innovators in their day. like the invention of the solid body electric guitar by Les Paul in 1941 improved music. -
First Jet fighter plane flown
It was a dude named Frank Whittle, He was apart of the great britain air force, The event was a dude flown the first jet engine plane in the whole world only six months after they were first built, there is no specific place but it happened somewhere in Great britain, It took place on may 15, 1941 It was significant because it was happening during ww2 so now it was a new aspect of war that they did not first account for. https://www.britannica.com/technology/history-of-flight/The-jet-age -
The first willy jeep was made
It was made by the company Jeep, It was made in the US, It was the building of the first military jeep for world war 2, It was made in Toledo, Ohio, It took place on July 16,1941, This event is significant because with out jeep we would not have had a good way to carry our troops into combat during ww2.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1849926/how-has-jeep-gotten-here-check-out-their-miraculous-75-year-story/#:~:text=Jeep%20is%20celebrating%20the%2075th,use%20by%20the%20American%20military. -
LAND GIRLS AND BRITISH SOLDIERS AT A DANCE
Land girls and British soldiers at a dance near the Women's Land Army forestry training camp in Suffolk, 1943. Dancing was a very popular pastime during the war. -
First electronic computer made
The name of the computer was a Atanasoff-Berry, It was made in england, The event was the first electronic computer so people could communicate better and faster, It took place in somewhere in england, It was made in the year 1943, This event was important because without it we would not have modern computers and also they used them in ww2 to help communicate, https://www.britannica.com/technology/Atanasoff-Berry-Computer -
Kidney dialysis machine was made
It was invented by a physician named Willem Kolff. It took place at the University of Groningen Hospital in the Netherlands, It was made in 1943, it is important because people that did not have kidneys that worked right could uses these and it would act a their kidney, https://www.dpcedcenter.org/news-events/news/a-brief-history-of-dialysis/#:~:text=The%20first%20type%20of%20dialyzer,by%20Dutch%20physician%20Willem%20Kolff. -
The creation of the microwave oven
It was invented by the company Raytheon, and it was made in the US, it was important because now you can cook things in minutes instead of hours, It took place in boston, Massachusetts, and was first open to the commercial businesses on October 8, 1945, http://www.historyofmicrowave.com/#:~:text=Then%20he%20attached%20a%20high,a%20Boston%20restaurant%20for%20testing. -
The NBA was founded
The NBA wa founded on june 6th 1946 in new york city. They was actually 2 leagues the BAA and the NBL but then in 1949 they merged into the NBA we know today -
Jackie robinson got drafted into the MLB
jakie robison came into the MLB in 1947 as the first afrian american player jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie Robinson, single-handedly raised Jackie and her four other children. They were the only black family on their block, and the prejudice they encountered only strengthened their bond. -
babe ruth passed away
He was in the us after his baseball carrare he smoked tobacco and with liquor he got diagnosed with throat cancer and died a few months after, he died at memorial sloan kettering in ny city on august 16 1948 the reason this is significant is because he was and still is the greatest baseball player ever -
Pinky Movie
Pinky (Jeanne Crain) is a black woman so fair-skinned she was able to pose as white throughout nursing school. Newly graduated, she flees south to visit her grandmother (Ethel Waters) after a doctor, unaware of her true ancestry, proposes to her. This was also one of the most popular movies in the 1940’s and was a must watch for any teen or adult. It ruled the movie industry for a while and was one of the main sources of entertainment. -
Base Ball
the 1940s were a time of significant change for baseball. The decade began with the starring performance of players like Joe DiMaggio and the emerging Ted Williams, who had Major League Baseball's last .400 batting average season in 1941. From 1942 to 1945, baseball was shaken by World War II. Over 150 players from the Japanese Professional Baseball League and the minor leagues lost their lives during the conflict. The finale game was the new York yanks vs Los Angelus Dodgers