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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381
1. He's the only president to be elected four terms.
2. he became stricken with polio in 1921.
3. he was born on January 30, 1882 in New York. -
Event-World War 2
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history
1. Approx. 6 million Jews were killed in concentration camps.
2. 405,399 people in the US died, and 670,846 were severely injured.
3. Hundreds of thousands of people from Roma were killed just because they had mental disabilities. -
Clothing in the 40s
https://www.uvm.edu/landscape/dating/clothing_and_hair/1940s_clothing_women.php
1. Blouses were made to show the effect of squared shoulders.
2. Some clothing showed patriotic patterns to show support for WW2.
3. This time period was often called 'Sweater girls' because of the clothes girls wore to school. (plaid skirts and sweaters) -
Singers-Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como.
http://www.retrowaste.com/1940s/music-in-the-1940s/
1. Frank Sinatra decided he wanted to sing after he saw Bing Crosby perform.
2. Bing Crosby dominated the music charts until his death, and got an Academy award.
3. Perry Como made songs that're still popular today, like Catch a Falling Star, and Home for the Holidays. -
Technology-Microwave Oven
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/08/the-microwave-oven-was-invented-by-accident-by-a-man-who-was-orphaned-and-never-finished-grammar-school/
1. The first one produced was 6 feet tall and 750 lbs.
2. Percy Spencer attached an electromagnetic genertaor to a metal box, and tried to heat popcorn.
3. he also tried poking a hole in the side of a kettle, and heated an egg, which blew up. -
Toys in the 40s
http://www.skooldays.com/blog/toys-in-the-40s/
1. Slinky was invented by accident when trying to make springs.
2. Invented because of a rubber shortage.
3. The famous syco-seer was turned into the magic 8 ball after the syco-seer inventor died. -
Transportation-Ford convertible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_Ford
1. It was a 2 door car and one of the first convertibles.
2. It came in many bright colors and was very popular.
3. Barto Ford only sold used vehicles in his 1st year of operation, due to the vehicle shortage because of the war. -
Movie-It's a Wonderful Life
http://mentalfloss.com/article/60792/25-wonderful-facts-about-its-wonderful-life
1.The idea for the film began when very large Chistmas cards were sent by Philip Van Doren Stern.
2. The movie was filmed in the summer, during a heat wave.
3. The movie bombed at the box office, and it was not an immediate hit at all.
