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U.S. Presidents
1) Roosevelt assumed the presidency aged 42
2) The 32th president
3) Franklin Roosevelt married Elanor Roosevelt
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Fashion
1) Squared can create a solid look that is slightly towards the neck
2) Oxford shoes first appeared in Scotland and Ireland
3) Tailored blouses provides a closer fit to the wearer's shaped
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News Event
1) Mcdonalds was founded in california
2) Anne Frank Died
3) World war II happened
https://www.infoplease.com/year/1940 -
Toys
1) Hula Hoops was used by the Greeks for exercise
2) Silly putty can withstand a decay and it can bounces 25 percent higher than a rubber band
3) Richard James invented slinkies by accident https://www.retrowaste.com/1940s/toys-in-the-1940s/ -
Music
1) The Mills brothers became the more conventional vocal group
2) The Gleen Millers sold out concerts into the 21st century
3) The Andrews sisters became the top-selling groups in history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s_in_music -
Technology
1) The Z3 Is the world's first working programmable in 1941
2) The ABC was a small prototype computer in 1939 and worked until 1942
3) The electronic computer was the first electronic computer. https://dcmp.org/media/7828-inventions-that-shook-the-world-1940s -
Sports Figures
1) Professional basketball was without a players union
2) Jackie Robinson was the first black athlete to play in the major league baseball
3) A third to called themselves the American football league https://www.retrowaste.com/1940s/sports-in-the-1940s/ -
Tv Shows
1) TV shows mostly had picture screens between 110 to 15 inches wide
2) They were only 4 tv shows you could watch
3) TV production stopped in 1940 because of the outbreak of World War II https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/blogs/blog/15-classic-tv-shows-1940s -
Actors
1) Bette Davis was featured in 75 films
2) Bette Davis had esophageal cancer
3) Bette Davis last movie was the harder they fall before he died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis -
Movie
1) The movies were like playful romps
2) There were thousands of full-length films were produced.
3) Popular movies were dramatic films https://www.flickchart.com/charts.aspx?year=1940 -
Transportation
1) Their are only 5 more left
2) The top speed is 170 km
3) It costs 7 million dollars
https://www.autoevolution.com/mercedes-benz/typ-770/