Topic: 1940s

1949 / 1940s

Gwendolyn Brooks – First African-American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize

1949 / 1940s

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

November 3, 1948 / 1940s

Harry Truman Elected President

January 21, 1947 / 1940s

George C. Marshall – sworn in as Secretary of State

June 17, 1947 / 1940s

Princeton University honors three men

June 20, 1946 / 1940s

President Harry S. Truman and President Herbert Hoover

1945 / 1940s

WW II ENDS

April 13, 1945 12:00 am / 1940s

Famous Comedian Mickey Rooney entertains the troops

May 11, 1945 12:00 am / 1940s

USS Bunker Hill

1944 / 1940s

General Douglas MacArthur

1943 / 1940s

Women Welders

July 4, 1942 / 1940s

American prisoners of war celebrate the 4th of July