1940s Timeline
Secretary of State, George Marshall proposed plan to rebuild Europe
Un-American Activities Committee began hearings on Hollywood communists
Hindus & Muslims clash in Punjab
Holocaust Ship Exodus departs for Palestine
Pakistan gains independance from Britain
India gains independance from Britain
Princess Elizabeth Marries the Duke of Edinburgh
British withdraw troops from Palestine
British Coal Mines Nationalised
Managua, Nicaragua (Freddy Martin)
Ballerina (Vaughn Monroe)
Mam'selle (Frank Sinatra)
Peg o' My Heart (The Harmonicats)
Across the Alley From the Alamo (Mills Brothers)
Temptation (Red Ingle)
Open the Door Richard (Count Basie)
Heartaches (Ted Weems)
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (Tex Williams)
Near You (Francis Craig)
That's My Desire (Frankie Laine)
How Are Things in Glocca Morra (Buddy Clark)
The term "cold war"
A United Airlines pilot reported seeing large flying discs over Idaho
Supersonic airplane flight
Diary of Anne Frank
Tubeless tires
The UN flag
Earl Silas Tupper Patents Tupperare
Thor Heyerdahl sails with Kon Tiki
Kalashnikov designs the AK-47 Assault Rifle
Cambridge Universiity allows women students
Meteor crahes into Siberia
Gentleman's Agreement
Crossfire
A Double Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Life With Father
The Egg and I
Body and Soul
Kiss of Death
The Farmer's Daughter
The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
Best Actress:
Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter)
Best Actor:
Ronald Colman (A Double Life)