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Decade - 1940s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1940s.
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What is a 1940 Clary adding machine worth?
Dunno, but my grandfather revolutionized that machine with a multi use plate. he got a write up in stars and stripes magazine for it- mom still has the article. If you want to sell it let me know!
In World war 2 why did the women wear pants?
During the first and second world wars, many jobs traditionally done by men, had to be done by women, as most men were away fighting. Trousers were safer to wear when a woman was working with machinery in a factory. Also, many women wore their absent husband's trousers, basically as a make do and mend due to wartime shortages.
Who said 'I am become death the destroyer of worlds'?
J. Robert Oppenheimer said or quoted this at the time of the first nuclear test. According to the Wikipedia articles on him: In reference to the Trinity test in New Mexico, where his Los Alamos team first tested the bomb, Oppenheimer famously recalled the Bhagavad Gita: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Oppenheimer (accessed 15 October 2008.
I don't know, maybe just the Geneva Conventions of 1949 saving millions of lives by holding a international treaty to save the lives of civilians by declaring them "neutral". Or maybe to have rules against torturing, and abuse in prison camps. Or maybe just the small fact that a wounded soldier either at sea or at land, must not be killed, and must be rushed to medical treatment, while not distinguishing him because of his nationality. YOU JUST GOT SERVED
Who was president during ww11?
World War II began during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended during the early days of the presidency of Harry S. Truman. The war lasted for a total of 6 years 1 day.
What food did they have in the 1940s?
all food in the '40's' was just as good as todays'! only, they didn't really have any kind of freezer system. In alot of ways the "mothers" of that era were better cooks- just because they HAD to be, plus there was rationing!
What happened between 1939 and 1945?
World War II, the conflict between the Allied forces and those of Germany and Japan, took place between 1939 and 1945. The US declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The war ended in May, 1945 in Europe and in August, 1945 in the Pacific. This was the largest armed conflict in human history to date.
World War II was from 1939 to 1945.
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It sounded sorta like asalacedic Acid. Very hard to completley conjure the name up after so many many years have passed and no one uses the word or words any more, sorta like the word, anaflogestine.
What is a slang word for pregnant in the 1940's?
On the nest, in a family way, on stork watch, in trouble, bun in the oven, the rabbit died, eating for two, in the motherly way, in a fix, with child.
Who built the first nuclear reactor in the 1940's?
Dr. Klein was head of the team that designed Canada's first nuclear reactor during the 1940's. The reactor contributed to military inventions that were key in siding the Allies during the 2nd World War.
What is the HAUC and what did it set out to do the 1940s and 1950s?
It was a program created to search out and locate any unamerican activities going on. It looked for submersive and communist activities also.
What were some medical breakthroughs in the 1940s?
they began to find cures for cancer, got vaccines, and penicillin. Joseph edward Murray performed the first successful human organ transplant. they learned about cholestorol.
