1940s

     

The 1940s ecade ran from 1940 to 1949.

Trivia about 1940s

  • Jackie broke pro baseball's color barrier & joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in this decade
  • Pearl Harbor is attacked
  • Rh factor discovered, Pentagon opens, Tokyo Rose tried for treason
  • (Jon walks in front of a parade inflatable.) The Macy's parade did not take place for three years during this decade--since rubber was in short supply, the balloons were donated to the war effort
  • It was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born
  • Chinese Nationalist government flees to Taiwan
  • China goes Communist
  • If you find an original zoot suit in a secondhand store, it's probably from this decade
  • The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
  • It's the decade the Rosie American woman seen here came on the poster scene
  • It's the last decade in which there wasn't a pope with John or Paul in his name
  • Stan "The Man" Musial, "Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams
  • "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" & "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  • "Forever Amber" & "The Naked And The Dead"
  • Americium (atomic number 95)

Tweets about 1940s

  • Vintage 1940s Three Strand Choker Multi-Color Yellow AB Green Lime #pottiteam #MadMen
  • RT @KheGreen: Romantic English Tea Party 1940's inspired Shirt Dress by KheGreen via @Etsy
  • RT @ToshJohn: .@USFWSPacific confirms Oregon’s wandering wolf mated & had pups – 1st time since 1940s https://t.co/iqUU6uNtgv
  • RT @flyLAXairport: [PIC] TBT to the 1940s when incoming planes would be greeted by brazen bunnies at the end of LAX runway. c: LAWA
  • 1940s Dinner Party inspired by The Hollywood Tower of Terror.
  • Check out Vtg 1940s Signed 950 Silver "Hand Engraved" Japan Button Clip Earrings #Handmade via @eBay
  • With every new generation removed from memories of 1940s, the appropriation of the Holocaust to justify Isreali actions wont be tolerated
  • .@USFWSPacific confirms Oregon’s wandering wolf mated & had pups – 1st time since 1940s https://t.co/iqUU6uNtgv
  • Rock It - Vintage Wooden Rocking Horse - Kids - Baby - Mint - Pastel - Red - 1940s - Hom...
  • 1940s Tweed Top Coat via @Etsy #vintage #coat #tweed #fallfashions #1940s #volup #plussize #orange #brown
  • #vintage Details about VINTAGE 1940's EDWARDIAN ENGLISH MADE BROWN LEATHER HOBNAIL BOOTS UK SIZE 8 #fashion
  • RT @tcaptx: #TBT During the 1940s Central Power & Light meter reters rode bikes to save gasoline. #electricity #throwbackthursday
  • Rescued this #cool late #1940s #Rockwell #delta #drillpress from a barn. a LOT of cleaning, some…
  • RARE Vintage 1940s Brown Leather Lace Up Logging Outdoor Work Boots Sz 8.5 EE - Full read by eBay: Price 99.99...
  • 1940s WWII Cachet Envelope Do Your Share For Freedom Victory Will Be Ours #stampcollecting #american #stamps
  • #TBT During the 1940s Central Power & Light meter reters rode bikes to save gasoline. #electricity #throwbackthursday
  • LOT OF (307) WHEAT PENNIES, 1940s-1950s, 1C, ONE CENT, NO RESERVE, CIRCULATED: $8.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Thursday...
  • The evolution of the Batman logo from 1940s to present
  • "Do your bit! Skate to work!", New York City, 1940s
  • RT @exjon: .@DavidWardMP How about if you lived in Berlin in the early 1940s?
  • RT @RTtheBEST: RT @HistoricalPics: Sometimes donkeys need a ride too. This soldier was kind enough to carry him. 1940s.
  • RT @NutmegCottage2: Check out VINTAGE 1940S VEIL BOW HAT TULLE NETTING ~ WOMEN FASHION FASCINATOR ~ NAVY BLUE via @…
  • Comic Book Superhero Collectible Pin-Back Buttons and Badges of the 1940s-1960s Comic B...
  • Check out VINTAGE 1940S VEIL BOW HAT TULLE NETTING ~ WOMEN FASHION FASCINATOR ~ NAVY BLUE via @eBay
  • .@ianchris foundation of American film archives in the mid-1940s
  • RT @HistoryInPix: Sometimes donkeys need a ride too. This soldier was kind enough to carry him. 1940s.
  • RT @margafret: The funny thing about Beyonce doing a Rosie the Riveter photoshoot is that women still get paid less than women in 2014, jus…
  • Photoset: littlebitsofchaplin: chaplinandkeaton: Charlie Chaplin, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s — complete...
  • What say you, Herr Ward? RT "@exjon: .@DavidWardMP How about if you lived in Berlin in the early 1940s?"
  • Fotoset: vintagegal: Pin up illustrations of Alberto Vargas c. 1940s
  • Midieval Spoon Germany Vintage Pewter complex Design 1940s $14.95
  • RT @EricStangel: Perhaps the most horrifying of any mascot I have found, is the 1940s/50s Nebraska Cornhusker Corn Cob
  • .@DavidWardMP How about if you lived in Berlin in the early 1940s?
  • @halliebug12 that 1940s tv doe
  • #1940s Waves Authentic U.S. Navy Dress in Gray by VictorianWardrobe via @Etsy
  • Kay Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985) was an American popular bandleader & radio personality of the 1930s & 1940s
  • Lucky Strike Cigarette Can From the 1940s.. #BestofEtsy #decor
  • What are your thoughts on 1940s Germany? — I don't think about that ever lol I hate history
  • The funny thing about Beyonce doing a Rosie the Riveter photoshoot is that women still get paid less than women in 2014, just like the 1940s
  • Lucky Strike Cigarette Can From the 1940s.. #Etsy #decor
  • RT @TheMobMuseum: #TBT Flamingo Hotel and Casino, late 1940s. (Photo courtesy of UNLV Digital Collections) #mobhistory #vegashistory http:/…
  • RT @DisturbingPict: Leaked photo of alien shaking hands with a military officer standing next to a scientist. 1940s
  • RT @HorrificPics: Photo from the 1940s of what many scientists believe to be an extinct Megalodon swimming next to a German U-boat.
  • RT @scottcarson1957: Unidentified (but hip) scientist looking at a diagram of a cyclotron. 1940s. - NAA
  • "@DisturbingPict: Leaked photo of alien shaking hands with a military officer standing next to a scientist. 1940s
  • #1940s #Dress #VINTAGE #Blue #OldHollywood #pinupstyle by HighHatCouture via @Etsy
  • Vintage 1940s Facet Bead Cluster Earrings, Clip Posts, Black ~FREE SHIPPING~
  • RT @palafo: This 35-year-old lives a 1940s lifestyle. Ht @sternbergh: A concession: one of those little British frid…
  • Vintage 1940s Knit Dress / Black & Gold Boucle / by 4birdsvintage via @Etsy #circle1 #1940s #knit #gold
  • RT @CHANNINGPOSTERS: Photo: young Marilyn Monroe at #Catalina Island, CA with Casino Theatre in background, 1940s.