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John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner32nd Vice President of the United StatesServed from March 4, 1933 to Jan. 20, 1941)

Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd President of the United States

Served from March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945

It isn’t sufficient just to want - you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. — Franklin Roosevelt

World events• Mass execution of Poles com-

mitted by Germans in city of Poznan, Warthegau

• Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains

• Benito Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany’s war against France and Britain

• Allied troops land in Normandy

• Himmler or-ders establishment of Auschwitz Concen-tration Camp

• 1940 Olympics are cancelled

• German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Belgium, Hol-land and France.

Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Brit-ain.

• British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.

• British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to post-pone invasion plans.

u.S. news• FCC hears

first transmis-sion of FM radio with

clear, static-free signal

• U.S. popula-tion at 131,669,275

• First black to appear on U.S. stamp is

Booker T. Wash-ington

• U.S. pass-es Alien

Regis-tra-

tion Act, requiring all aliens to register

• Congress passes first peace time draft bill

• 40-hour work week goes into effect

• Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the L.A. office of the FBI; his job is to report back info on Hollywood sub-versives.

Technology• First successful he-

licopter flight: Vought-Sikorsky US-300

• First synthetic rub-ber tired exhibited

• Discovery of element 93, neptunium

• Jeep’s “Willys” unveiled

Sports• NFL Pro Bowl:

Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7

• First televised hockey game Rangers vs. Canadians

• First televised basket-ball game U. of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37

• Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck, Arturo Godoy and Al McCoy during the year to retain heavyweight box-ing title

• Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Ma-ple Leafs 4 games to 2

• First televised base-ball game White Sox vs. Cubs exhibition

• Jimmy Foxx hits 500th career HR

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• Income per year ...... $1,900• Minimum wage ............. 30¢• New house .............. $6,500• New car ....................... $800• Gallon of gas ................. 18¢• Dozen eggs ................... 45¢• Gallon of milk ................. 34¢• Loaf of bread .................... 8¢• First-class stamp ............. 3¢• Movie ticket ................... 24¢

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BORN IN 1940: Above right: Bruce Lee. Above left: Raul Julia, Al Pacino, Martin Sheen,

Donna Mills. Honorable Mention: The mighty Chuck Norris.

Popular culture• “Gone With The Wind” wins

eight Oscars• Hattie McDaniel becomes the

first black woman to win an Oscar• McDonald’s opens its first res-

taurant in San Bernardino, Calif.• Bugs Bunny, Woody Wood-

pecker, and Tom & Jerry make their debut

• CBS be-gins broad-casting

Popular films

• Re-becca

• The Great Dicta-

tor• Fantasia• Pinoc-

chio• The

Grapes of Wrath

• The Philadel-phia Story

• The Shop Around The Corner

• His Girl Friday

• Pride and Prejudice• All This, and Heaven Too

Popular music• I’ll Never Smile Again,

Tommy Dorsey• Only Forever, Bing Crosby• Frenesi, Artie Shaw• In the Mood, Glenn Miller• You Are My Sunshine,

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