Meanwhile…

Signing of the Tripartite Pact

1940-09-27

Executive Order 9066 and internment of Japanese Americans

1942-02-19

Japanese surrender

1945-08-15

Fall of France

1940-06-22

Defeat at Stalingrad

1943-02-02

Bombing of Tokyo

1945-03-10

Lend-Lease Act provides support to the Allies

1941-03-11

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Discovery of streptomycin

1943

Vacuum Tube Era and the Search for Alternatives

1945

The first jet flight: the beginning of the jet age

1939-08-27

Mass production of penicillin during the Second World War

1944

The Vespa makes Europe mobile

1946-04-23

Irish riverdance evolves from folk roots to global phenomenon

from the 18th century to 1994 and beyond

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

from the late 19th century (tango) to the 1970s (salsa)

1948 London Olympics - the 'Austerity Games'

1948-07-29

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Death of President Roosevelt

1945-04-12

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw