1940s Timeline
U.S. Marines captured Iwo Jima
Allied Forces reached the Rhine River
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at Yalta
Roosevelt died of cerebral hemorrhage
Soviets reached Berlin
Germany surrendered
Hitler committed suicide
First atom bomb was tested in New Mexico
First atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
Second atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
Japan surrendered unconditionally
Rum and Coca Cola (Andrews Sisters)
There, I've Said it Again (Vaughn Monroe)
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day)
It's Been a Long,Time (DeMarco Sisters)
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (Johhny Mercer)
Temptation (Perry Como)
Cocktails for Two (Spike Jones)
Till the End of Time (Perry Como)
This Heart of Mine (Judy Garland)
Moonlight in Vermont (Margaret Whiting)
Chickery Chick (Sammy Kaye)
On the Atchison, Topeka (Johhny Mercer)
President Truman adopted the motto,
"The buck stops here"
Ballpoint pens
Fluoridated water
Trademark "Coke"
Overseas servicemen voted Rita Hayworth as "Number One Back Home Glamour Girl"
Gene Kelley and Fred Astaire danced together in the film Ziegfeld Follies
The Lost Weekend
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
Road to Utopia
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Story of GI Joe
The Picture of Dorian Grey
They Were Expendable
Best Actress:
Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce)
Best Actor:
Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend)