Timeline: 1940s
Years: 1940 - 1949 | Subject: History, modern history (1700 to 1945) |
Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191735684 |
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1940 | Go to American Ballet Theatre in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Leach, Bernard Howell (1887–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eames, Charles Orman (1907–78) in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Paraguay in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Addinsell, Richard (13 Jan. 1904) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to penicillin in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mann, Thomas (1875–1955) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: US author Richard Wright publishes Native Son, his semi-autobiographical novel about racial equality Go to Native Son in The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Road To Singapore in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kelly, Gene (3 Aug. 1912) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to For Whom the Bell Tolls in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stern Gang in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Third Policeman, The in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron (1907–1989) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Taizé Community in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Watson-Watt, Sir Robert Alexander (1892–1973) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ford, John (1895–1973) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Chaplin, Charlie (1889–1977) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Trotsky, Leon (1879–1940) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lascaux, France in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to George Cross and Medal in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Official War Art in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Craig, James, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Moore, Henry (1898–1986) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to To the Finland Station in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to de Mille, Agnes (1905–93) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Joyce, William (b. 24 Apr. 1906) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to food rationing in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Altmark in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Finnish-Russian War (1939–40) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Katyn Massacre in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Phoney War (Sept. 1939–Apr. 1940) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Narvik, naval battles at in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Norwegian campaign (1940) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Narvik, naval battles at in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dyle Line in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Churchill, Sir Winston (1874–1965) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Maginot Line in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Maginot Line in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blitzkrieg in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wilhelmina (b. 31 Aug. 1880) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874–1965) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rotterdam raid in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Home Guard in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dyle Line in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dunkirk in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blitzkrieg in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dunkirk Evacuation in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Leopold III (b. 3 Nov. 1901) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dunkirk Evacuation in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Norwegian campaign (1940) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Malta in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blitzkrieg in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pétain, Henri Philippe (1856–1951) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pétain, H. O. Philippe (1856–1951) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Free French, the in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Maginot Line in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vichy government (1940–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vichy government (1940–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vichy government (1940–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Free French in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Atlantic, Battle of the (1939–45) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ploesti in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mers el-Kebir (3 July 1940) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Britain, Battle of (1940) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Britain, Battle of (1940) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Britain, Battle of (1940) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Britain, Battle of (1940) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blitz in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tripartite Pact in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882–1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to convoy system in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Britain, Battle of (1940) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tito, Josip Broz (1892–1980) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Metaxas, Ioannis (1871–1941) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Colditz in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Taranto raid in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Coventry in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tripartite Pact in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (1882–1965) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barbarossa (22 June 1941 – Dec. 1941) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1941 | Go to Johnson, Amy (1903–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Last Tycoon, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Garbo, Greta (1905–1990) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Child of our Time, A in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mother Courage and Her Children in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Matisse, Henri Emile Benoît (1869–1954) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Callas, Maria (1923–1977) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jeep in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aung San (1915–1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (b. 20 Dec. 1894) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Welles, (George) Orson (1915–1985) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bogart, Humphrey (1899–1957) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to West, Dame Rebecca in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Welty, Eudora (1909–2001) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pearl Harbor in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Four Freedoms in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tobruk, Siege of (Apr. 1941–June 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rommel, Erwin (1891–1944) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lend-Lease Act (Mar. 1941) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Matapan, battle of (1941) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Abyssinia, WW II campaign in (1941) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Paul (27 Apr. 1893) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Metaxas, Ioannis (1871–1941) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Einsatzgruppen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hess, Rudolf (b. 26 Apr. 1894) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Whittle, Sir Frank (1907–1996) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vietminh in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bismarck, sinking of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Iceland in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Crete in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barbarossa (22 June 1941 – Dec. 1941) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tito, Josip (b. 25 May 1892) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: July - Churchill appoints Claude Auchinleck as British commander in North Africa and the Middle East Go to Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre (1884–1981) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Einsatzgruppen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Special Air Service in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barbarossa (22 June 1941 – Dec. 1941) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to MacArthur, Douglas (b. 26 Jan. 1880) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Final Solution in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to zyklon-B in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Atlantic Charter in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to lend-lease in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Free French, the in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Leningrad, Siege of (1941–4) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza Shah (b. 26 Oct. 1919) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Liberty ships in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tojo Hideki (1884–1948) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eichmann, Karl Adolf (b. 19 Mar. 1906) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ark Royal in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to ENIGMA in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barbarossa (22 June 1941 – Dec. 1941) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Chełmno in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pearl Harbor in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Clark Field, attack on in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Malayan campaign (Dec. 1941–Feb. 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Anti‐Comintern Pact (25 November 1936) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to frogmen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hong Kong, fall of (1941) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Thakin in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1942 | Go to Stern Gang in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Beveridge Report in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Shostakovich, Dmitri (25 Sept. 1906) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Howard, Leslie (1893–1943) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cage, John (5 Sept. 1912) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rodeo in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lean, Sir David (1908–91) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Frank, Anne (1929–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Abbas, Ferhat (b. 24 Oct. 1899) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Camus, Albert (1913–60) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, ‘Mahatma’ (1869–1948) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Duras, Marguerite (1914–1996) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Boulez, Pierre (1925) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Visconti, Luchino (1906–1976) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pound, Ezra (1885–1972) in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jarrell, Randall (1914–65) in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bergman, Ingrid (1915–1982) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cagney, James (1899–1986) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hepburn, Katharine (1909–2003) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mildenhall treasure in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blyton, Enid Mary (1897–1968) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Skin of Our Teeth, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Crosby, Bing (1904–1977) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Burma Campaigns (January 1942–August 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Malayan campaign (Dec. 1941–Feb. 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wannsee conference in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Harris, Arthur Travers (b. 13 Apr. 1892) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stilwell, Gen Joseph Warren (1883–1946) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indian National Army in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: February - Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, is put in charge of Germany's armaments programme Go to Speer, Albert (b. 19 Mar. 1905) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson (b. 18 July 1887) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Singapore, fall of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Darwin bombing in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Auschwitz in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Auschwitz in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to New Guinea Campaign in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wallis, Barnes (1887–1979) in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Laval, Pierre (1883–1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Baedeker raids in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Malta in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Doolittle Raid in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to MacArthur, Douglas (1880–1964) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pacific Campaigns (1941–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount (b. 6 Aug. 1891) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Heydrich, Reinhard (b. 7 Mar. 1904) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sydney harbour, attack on in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Manhattan Project in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Midway Island, Battle of (4 June 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Heydrich, Reinhard (1904–42) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tobruk, Siege of (1941–42) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Frank, Anne (1929–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Treblinka in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eastern Front Campaigns in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Urals in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to El Alamein, Battles of (1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to North African Campaigns (June 1940–May 1943) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Guadalcanal, battle for (1942–3) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Montgomery, Bernard (1887–1976) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dieppe Raid (19 Aug. 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Alamein, El, Battle of (1942) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stalingrad, Battle of (1942–43) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-weapons in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to El Alamein, Battles of (1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to North African Campaigns (June 1940–May 1943) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Torch, Operation in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vichy government (1940–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to North African Campaigns (June 1940–May 1943) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stalingrad, Battle of (Sept. 1942 – Jan. 1943) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to French fleet, scuttling of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fermi, Enrico (1901–54) in A Dictionary of Physics (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Atlantic, Battle of the (1939–45) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Karski, Jan (1914–2000) in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1943 | Go to Sartre, Jean‐Paul (1905–80) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Oklahoma! in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ferrier, Kathleen (1912–1953) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Perón, Juan Domingo (1895–1974) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lassie in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough (b. 9 June 1888) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tubman, William Vacanarat Shadrach (Nov. 1895) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to zoot-suit riots in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barbirolli, Sir John (2 Dec. 1899) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Picasso, Pablo (1881–1973) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aflaq, Michel (b. 1910) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin becomes leader of the underground terrorist group Irgun Go to Irgun in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Chinese Exclusion Acts in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Flies, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dönitz, Karl (b. 16 Sept. 1891) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Casablanca Conference in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Casablanca Conference in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Paulus, Friedrich (b. 23 Sept. 1890) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wingate, Orde (1903–44) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Guadalcanal, battle for (1942–3) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mao Zedong (1893–1976) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bormann, Martin (1900–?1945) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Atlantic, Battle of the (1939–45) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Warsaw Ghetto in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Atlantic, Battle of the (1939–45) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Malta in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to North African campaigns (June 1940–May 1943) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dam Busters in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Italian Campaign (July 1943–May 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kursk, Battle of (1943) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bergen-Belsen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Badoglio, Pietro (b. 28 Sept. 1871) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to firestorms in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Italian Campaign (July 1943–May 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander (1891–1969) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Skorzeny, Otto (1908–75) in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sicily Campaign in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Peenemünde raid in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berlin air offensive in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Salerno landing (1943) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Italian Campaign (July 1943–May 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Naples rising in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Burma Campaigns (Jan. 1942–May 1945) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Naples rising in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Italian Campaign (July 1943–May 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indian National Army in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gustav Line in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Salò, Republic of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Spaatz, Carl A. (1891–1974) in The Oxford Companion to American Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Colossus Mark I, the world's first computer, goes into decoding service at Bletchley Park in Britain Go to Colossus in A Dictionary of Computing (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1944 | Go to Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud (b. 24 Nov. 1880) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Moore, Henry (1898–1986) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dangling Man in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fancy Free in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–45) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cassino, Battle of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to On the Town (1944) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Taylor, Dame Elizabeth (1932–2011) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lowell, Robert (1917–77) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eliot, T. S. (1888–1965) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton (1907–89) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Arévalo Bermejo, Juan José (10 Sept. 1904) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Appalachian Spring in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890–1969) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Verona trials in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Whittle, Sir Frank (1907–96) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Anzio, Battle of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Leningrad, Siege of (1941–4) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eastern Front Campaigns in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Truk Atoll in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Merrill's Marauders in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Imphal, battle of (1945) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cassino, Battle of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Italian Campaign (July 1943–May 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Normandy Campaign (1944) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to D‐Day (6 June 1944) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mulberry in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Oradour massacre in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-weapons in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Saipan, capture of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stauffenberg, Claus, Graf Schenk von (1907–1944) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Messerschmitt in A New Dictionary of Eponyms (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to July Plot (20 July 1944) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gothic Line in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Warsaw Rising in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Frank, Anne (1929–45) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to French Riviera in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Patton, George Smith (b. 11 Nov. 1885) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Paris rising in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Paris, liberation of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Michael (1921) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to de Gaulle, Charles (1890–1970) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wallenberg, Raoul (1912–c. 1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Antwerp, Liberation of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-weapons in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to war brides in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bulgaria in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Philippines Campaign (1944–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Arnhem in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Horthy de Nagybánya, Admiral of the Fleet Miklós (1868–1957) in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to British expedition to Greece in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to kamikaze in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Leyte Gulf, Battle of (Oct. 1944) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tito (1892–1980) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882–1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Superfortress in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Burma–Thailand railway in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Greek civil war (1944–5) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ardennes offensive (1944) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rakosi, Matyas (1892–1971) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Budapest, siege of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1945 | Go to Hitler, Adolf (b. 20 Apr. 1889) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wallenberg, Raoul (1912–c. 1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Auschwitz in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918–1970) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Arab League in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bacon, Francis (1909–1992) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mitford, Nancy (1904–73) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Richard, Maurice ‘Rocket’ (1921–2000) in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Popper, Karl (1902–94) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Glass Menagerie, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Peter Grimes in A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barrault, Jean-Louis (1910–1994) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Solzhenitsyn, Alexander (1918–2008) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Parti du Peuple Algérien in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882–1971) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indonesian Revolution (1945–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von (1883–1945) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Perón, Juan Domingo (8 Oct. 1895) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Perón, Juan Domingo (8 Oct. 1895) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nabokov, Vladimir (1899–1977) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910–1994) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brutalism in The Oxford Companion to Architecture (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tito, Josip (b. 25 May 1892) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Yalta Conference (February 1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Yalta Conference in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Yalta conference (11 February 1945) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dresden raid (February 1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Budapest, siege of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Iwo Jima, Battle of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Philippines campaign (Oct. 1944–July 1945) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Groza, Petru (1884) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tito, Josip (b. 25 May 1892) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to napalm in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mandalay, battle of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rhineland, battle of (1945) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to VERITABLE in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Iwo Jima, Battle of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aung San (1914–47) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Germany, Battle for in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Okinawa, Battle of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–45) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to kamikaze in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Buchenwald in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Truman, Harry S. (1884–1972) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Baka bomb in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Allied Control Commissions in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bergen-Belsen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Torgau in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berlin, battle of (May 1945) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Argenta Gap, battle of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Braun, Eva (1912–45) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Doenitz, Karl (1881–1980) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berlin, fall of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Joyce, William (1906–1946) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Goebbels, Josef (1897–1945) in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berlin, fall of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (b. 17 Nov. 1887) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Prague rising in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to unconditional surrender in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-E Day in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Himmler, Heinrich (7 Oct. 1900) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sudetenland in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Okinawa, capture of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Occupation of Germany in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nuclear Weapons. in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Potsdam Conference (July–August 1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hirohito (b. 29 Apr. 1904) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Attlee, Clement, 1st Earl Attlee (1883–1967) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Potsdam Conference (July–August 1945) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hiroshima in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: August 8 - the USSR declares war on Japan, two days after an atom bomb has been dropped on Hiroshima Go to Japanese–Soviet campaigns and relations, 1939–45 in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nagasaki in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Japan, surrender of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Japan, surrender of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-J Day in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pétain, Philippe (b. 24 Apr. 1856) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Vietminh in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Japan, Occupation of (1945–52) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Japan, surrender of in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to World War II in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: [1939-1945] - by the end of the war the total number of Jews killed by the Nazis is around 6 million Go to Holocaust, the (1933–45) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Eugenics in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to von Braun, Werner Magnus Maximilian (1912–1977) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Laval, Pierre (1883–1945) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson (1887–1945) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) 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1946 | Go to Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich (1898–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Royal Ballet, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Perón, Juan (b. 8 Oct. 1895) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to nationalization in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Welty, Eudora (1909–2001) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Big Sleep, The in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Syria in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aung San (1915–1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ashton, (Sir) Frederick (17 Sept. 1904) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lean, Sir David (1908–1991) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Boulez, Pierre (1925– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Czechoslovakia in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Abstract Expressionism in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Baby and Child Care in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Iceman Cometh, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Christoff, Boris (Kirilov) (18 May 1914) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to National Insurance in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tallchief, Maria (24 Jan. 1925) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bikini atoll in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nolan, Sir Sidney (22 Apr. 1917) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Irgun in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lord Weary's Castle in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hoxha, Enver (16 Oct. 1908) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to ENIAC in A Dictionary of Computing (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pound, Ezra Weston Loomis (1885–1972) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bishop, Elizabeth (1911–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, The in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893–1946) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Furtwängler, (Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin) Wilhelm (25 Jan. 1886) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indochina War (1946–54) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to food rationing in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Peake, Mervyn (1911–68) in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Beecham, Sir Thomas (1869–1961) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hirohito in The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Joyce, William (1906–1946) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to ”Iron Curtain” speech in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tokyo War Crimes Trial in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to League of Nations in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nuremberg Trials in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Goering, Hermann Wilhelm (1893–1946) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to UN in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1947 | Go to Poland in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to conscription in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to instant photography in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Under the Volcano in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to CIA in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Magnum in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Giacometti, Alberto (10 Oct. 1901) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Truman Doctrine in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Poulenc, Francis Jean Marcel (1899–1963) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–2002) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Life of Galileo in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Streetcar Named Desire, A in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gabor, Dennis (1900–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Parker, Charlie (1920) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aung San (1915–1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Partition in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889–1964) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Inspector Calls, An in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Robinson, Jackie (1919–1972) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dior, Christian (1905–57) in A Dictionary of Modern Design (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pollock, Jackson (28 Jan. 1912) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Levi, Primo (1919–1987) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Palestine in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cripps, Richard Stafford (24 Apr. 1889) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barrault, Jean-Louis (1910–1994) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dead Sea Scrolls in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to transistor in The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Levi, Primo (1919–1987) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1948 | Go to Gāndhī, Mohandas Karamchand (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kinsey, Alfred Charles (1894–1956) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gottwald, Klement (b. 23 Nov. 1896) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Empire Windrush in The Oxford Companion to Black British History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to metric modulation in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Naked and the Dead, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Roethke, Theodore (1908–63) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Red Shoes, The (film musical) in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) 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