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People in the Forties

fun folks o' the forties

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Winston ChurchillPrime Minister of Great Britain
Adolf HitlerChancellor of Germany; leader of the Nazis
Harry TrumanUS President who made the decision to drop the bomb
Mahatma Gandhihelped free the Indian people through nonviolent resistance
StalinPremier of Soviet Union
Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, Leo Szilardcompleted first safe nuclear reaction
Jackie RobinsonFirst black Major League baseball player
Franklin D. RooseveltAmerican President who authorized Japanese internment camps
Tennessee WilliamsWon Pulitzer Prize for the play "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Karl PabstDesigned the Jeep
Joe Dimaggioachieved a 56 consecutive game hitting streak in baseball
Alfred HitchcockMaster and creator of the "thriller" movie genre; revolutionized directing
Christian Diorrevolutionized women's fashion in 1947 with the "new look"
Sergei Rachmaninofffamous and influential composer
Louis Armstrong/Nat King ColePopular jazz musicians


Betsy Newmark

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