1. The 1940's By: Corey and Jon

2. WWII 1939-1945

3. Holocaust Over 6 million Jews were killed

4. 1940 Jitterbug dance was invented Nylons were invented Bugs Bunny first appeared

5. 1941 Jeep was invented Mount Rushmore Carving Completed Pearl Harbor Bombed

6. 1942 T-shirt was invented Declaration of United Nations signed

7. 1943 The Pentagon is built Jefferson Memorial Built

8. 1944 Ballpoint pens and "Seventeen" magazine invented

9. 1945 Frozen dinners, atomic bomb, microwave oven, and slinky, were invented

10. 1946 Bikini was introduced Winston Chuchill delivers "Iron Curtain Speech"

11. 1947 Polaroid cameras and color TV's invented

12. 1948 Gandhi was assassinated Israel is founded

13. 1949 NATO was invented USSR tests its first atom bomb Chinese Communists win Chinese Civil War