The oddest of things of the 1940s wouldn't be World War 2 (WWII) or even Hitler as aspects of that were used as excuses and distractions designed to tear at the fabrics of nation states. The oddest of things would not even be the alleged aliens, the UFOs at Roswell, the Area 51 thing. ___ Instead, the thing that raises my eyebrows the most regarding this decade of the nineteen-forties, of the rise of the baby boomers, would be the sudden emergence of the United Nations (U.N.) who went on to tell the world what to do in 2020 with the [Covid Scam.](https://hive.blog/@joeyarnoldvn/covid) ___ In the 1940s, America dropped two bombs on Japan. Hitler was running around killing Jews. Following that were the Nuremberg Trials and the Nuremberg Code. Many Americans felt they were saving the world as they participated in the [Military-Industrial Complex.](https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/eisenhower001.asp) The good news is that the patriotism of Americans contributed to the success they had in the [1950s.](https://hive.blog/@joeyarnoldvn/1950s-random) ___ [The 1940s was the Rise of the Palpatine.](https://hive.blog/hive-157277/@joeyarnoldvn/the-1940s-was-the-rise-of-the-palpatine) ___

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# 1940s World War 2 continued from 1939 to 1945. ___ # [1940](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940) February 10 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in [Puss Gets the Boot.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puss_Gets_the_Boot) However, their current names are adopted in 1941. ___ March 12 – [Moscow Peace Treaty:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Peace_Treaty) The Soviet Union and Finland sign a peace treaty in Moscow, ending the Winter War; Finns, along with the world at large, are shocked by the harsh terms. ___ April – Robin the Boy Wonder, Batman's trusted sidekick, makes his debut in Detective Comics #38. ___ May 15 - The very first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California. ___ [May 25 – The Crypt of Civilization time capsule at Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia in the United States, is sealed shut, with a projected opening date of 8113 CE.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_of_Civilization) ___ December 24 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian spiritual non-violence leader, writes his second letter to Adolf Hitler, addressing him as "My friend", and requesting him to stop the war Germany had begun. ___ December 30 - California's first modern freeway, the future State Route 110, opens to traffic in Pasadena, California, as the Arroyo Seco Parkway (now the Pasadena Freeway). ___ # [1941](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) January 27 – WWII: Joseph Grew, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, reports to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception, concerning a planned surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ___ March 27 - Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu, to study the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, in preparation for a future attack. ___ May 29 – [The Disney animators' strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_animators%27_strike) occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay. ___ July 17 – Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends. ___ November 5 – WWII: The United States holds peace talks with Japan. ___ December 2 – WWII: The code message "Climb Mount Niitaka" is transmitted to the Japanese task force, indicating that negotiations have broken down (or failed perhaps) and that the attack on Pearl Harbor is to be carried out according to plan. It looks like the American federal government was aware Japan was planning to attack for months (or at least for days) but chose not to do tell the general public or at least put up some security. They could have watched the seas and skies as they knew it was coming for so many months. But some people wanted an excuse to have the US enter WWII. The attack came 5 days later. So, they at least had a five day warning. ___ [December 7 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor) ___ December 8 - WWII: [The Battle of Hong Kong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong) begins shortly after 8:00 a.m. (local time), less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Japanese forces invade Hong Kong, which is defended by British, Canadian and local troops. The United Kingdom officially declares war on the Empire of Japan. ___ December 26 – WWII: Winston Churchill becomes the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the United States Congress. ___ # [1942](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) [January 1 - The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers".](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_by_United_Nations) ___ [February 15 – WWII: Battle of Singapore – Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore) ___ May – [Operation Pluto:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto) The plan to construct oil pipelines under the English Channel, between England and France, is tested in the River Medway. ___ June 1 - WWII: Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. ___ June 5 – The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. ___ December 1 – Gasoline rationing begins in the United States. ___ December 2 – [Manhattan Project:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project) Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (a coded message, "The Italian navigator has landed in the new world" is then sent to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt). ___ # [1943](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943) November 28 – WWII: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, to discuss war strategy. On November 30, they establish an agreement concerning a planned June 1944 invasion of Europe, codenamed [Operation Overlord.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord) ___ # [1944](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) [September – The Dutch famine ("Hongerwinter") begins, in the occupied northern part of the Netherlands.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944) ___ December 20 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower is promoted to the rank of 5-star U.S. Five-Star General. ___ # [1945](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) January 18 – The Holocaust: The SS begins the evacuation of [Auschwitz concentration camp.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp) Nearly 60,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, are forced to march to other locations in Germany; as many as 15,000 die. The 7,000 too sick to move are left without supplies being distributed. ___ February 4–11 – WWII: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference. ___ April 12 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies suddenly at Warm Springs, Georgia; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States, and is sworn in that evening in the White House. ___ April 20 – WWII: On his 56th birthday, Adolf Hitler leaves his Führerbunker, to decorate a group of Hitler Youth soldiers in Berlin. It will be his last trip to the surface from his underground bunker. ___ August 6 – WWII: [Atomic bombing of Hiroshima:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki) United States Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay drops a uranium-235 atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy", on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. local time, resulting in between 90,000 and 146,000 deaths. Second bomb dropped on the 9th. Naming that first bomb Little Boy is ironic as some people end up having sex with little boys. That is a way they blackmail politicians, governing leaders, Catholic priests, celebrities, etc, all around the world for decades and in some cases for centuries or God knows probably since the dawn of time since the times of before The World Flood and Noah's Ark. I have no idea why this bomb was called Littl Boy. I'm not saying it was a gay bomb. ___ August 14 – WWII: Emperor Hirohito accepts the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. His recorded announcement of this is smuggled out of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. ___ August 23 – Soviet–Japanese War: Joseph Stalin orders the detention of Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union. ___ August 30 – WWII: Vietnam's capital Hanoi is taken by the Viet Minh, which ends the French occupation in what becomes North Vietnam, and thus the southern provinces become South Vietnam. This ends the August Revolution. ___ September 2 - The Democratic Republic of Vietnam is officially established, by Ho Chi Minh. Also, they say WWII ended on this day. ___ September 11 - Hideki Tōjō, Japanese prime minister during most of WWII, attempts suicide to avoid facing a war crimes tribunal. ___ October 15 – WWII: Pierre Laval, the former premier of Vichy France, is shot dead by a firing squad, for treason against France. ___ October 24 - The United Nations is founded by ratification of its Charter, by 29 nations.[28] ___ November 16 - The foundation of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is agreed at a meeting in London. ___ November 20 – The Nuremberg trials begin: Trials against 22 Nazis for war crimes of World War II start at the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg. ___ # [1946](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946) The [Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War) intensifies in 1946 between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China. ___ January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. ___ January 10 - [Project Diana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Diana) bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. ___ November 4 – [UNESCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO) is established, as a specialized agency of the United Nations. ___ December 11 – UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund) is founded. ___ December 31 – President Harry S. Truman delivers [Proclamation 2714,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_2714) which officially ends hostilities in World War II. ___ # [1947](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) [February 17 – Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War) ___ [March 12 – The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of Communism.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Doctrine) ___ July 8 – [Roswell UFO incident:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident) A supposedly downed extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found near Roswell, New Mexico. ___ July 18 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law, which places the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate next in the line of succession, after the Vice President. ___ July 29 – After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the [ENIAC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC) computer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955. ___ September 18 - The National Security Act of 1947 becomes effective on this day, creating the United States Air Force, National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. ___ November 15 - [The International Telecommunication Union (of 1865)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations. ___ November 15 - [The Universal Postal Union (UPU) of 1874](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations (effective July 1 1948). ___ # [1948](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) March 8 – [McCollum v. Board of Education:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollum_v._Board_of_Education) The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution. In this case, the Supreme Court was wrong. It does not violate the U.S. Constitution in reality. ___ August 23 – The [World Council of Churches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches) is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ___ December 9 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the [Genocide Convention.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention) ___ # [1949](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) February 1 – [Rationing of clothes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom#Non-food_rations) ends in the United Kingdom. ___ March 30 – The [anti-NATO riot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_anti-NATO_riot_in_Iceland) takes place, prompted by the decision of the Icelandic parliament to join the newly formed NATO. ___ April 4 – The [North Atlantic Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty) is signed in Washington, D.C., creating the NATO defense alliance. ___ May 5 – The Council of Europe is founded, by the signing of the Treaty of London. ___ May 11 - Israel is admitted to the United Nations, as its 59th member. ___ June 8 - George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in London. ___ August 3 – The Basketball Association of America (BAA) of 1946 and the National Basketball League (NBL) of 1937 finalize the merger that will create the [National Basketball Association (NBA) of 1949.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association) ___ August 24 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is established. ___ August 29 - The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, RDS-1 ("Joe 1"). Its design imitates the American plutonium bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. ___ September 23 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces that the Soviet Union has tested the atomic bomb. ___ October 1 – The [People's Republic of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China) is officially proclaimed. ___ October 16 – Greek Civil War ends with a communist surrender. ___ December 29 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. ___

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