does anyone have odd facts about 1940-1942?

Question

i looking for wierd things or events that occured during this time

just answers the question

Answer 1

# The Olympiads are numbered consecutively from the first Olympic Games (or The I Olympiad), held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Even the Games cancelled by the wars of 1916 (VI Berlin, Germany) , 1940 (XII Tokyo, Japan) and 1944 (XIII London, England) are counted.
# Marijuana was grown throughout the United States as a commercial product well into the 1940's. It was made illegal in 1937 but during World War II marijuana was considered so vital to the national interest that the US Government exempted farmers from military duty if they grew marijuana (from http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/basicfax.htm)
# ALASKA: In 1943 Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, which started the One Thousand Mile War, the first battle fought on American soil since the Civil War.
# GEORGIA: Ways Station was renamed Richmond Hill on May 1, 1941, taking the name of automaker Henry Ford's winter estate. Also, in 1942 Jekyll Island was a private resort sold to the state by the owners, a group of millionaires.
# OKLAHOMA: The Pensacola Dam was built in 1940 and is still the World's Longest Multiple Arch Dam.
Memories and Facts from 1940:
• 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday • U.S. population: 132,122,446 • Cost of a postage stamp: $0.03 • Minimum wage was $0.43 per hour • 55% of U.S. homes had indoor plumbing • The average salarywas $1,299. • A loaf of bread cost $0.07 • York Peppermint Patty introduced • Mike and Ike candy introduced • Cincinnati Reds won the World Series • Gallahadion won the Kentucky Derby • Al Pacino, Nick Nolte, and Richard Pryor were born • The first Bugs Bunny cartoon was released • Walt Disney’s Fantasia and Pinocchio released • Milk was delivered to your doorstep in glass bottles! • The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened • Rebecca won Academy Award for Best Picture

Maybe you could find some odds things for those years at:
http://www.startsurfing.com/encyclopedia/1/9/4/1940.html
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
http://www.mountaintimes.com/history/1940s/facts.php3

Answer 2

World War II started in 1941; John Lennon and Ringo Starr were born in 1940, Paul McCartney in 1942

Answer 3

1941:
January 30 - Dick Cheney born
February 8 - Nick Nolte, American actor born
March 17 - In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
May 1 - Breakfast cereal Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by General Mills
May 6 - At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO Show
August 1 - The first jeep is produced
October 31 - After 14 years of work, drilling is completed on Mount Rushmore

Answer 4

In 1943, the U.S. mint produced a *STEEL PENNY*, due to the lack of copper required by the war effort.

After the war, many of the pennies were made from melted down brass shellcasings.

I'm sure you could find a steel penny at your local coin shop for under a dollar and use it as a "show and tell" for school.

Answer 5

How about World War II

Answer 6

The following website has a list of strange or unusual ocurrences in the time period which includes your time span. They happened in the Bermuda Triangle.

Have fun!

Answer 7

second world war took place during that time.. many people died and that is wierd enough to be mentioned as an answer to your question I guess :)

Answer 8

See if your book has any Timetables to History books or Facts on Files for that period; these are incredibly interesting to flip through.

Have fun reading!

Answer 9

A famous prophet named Nostradamus predicted the appearance of Adolf Hitler and his actions in 2WW.

Answer 10

I was born in 1940! LOL...