The Year is 1940 - Part II

In the US the feel good feeling of leaving the depression behind fueled the making of some great movies including "Gone With the Wind" and the "Great Dictator" , and Jazz sounds were the popular music of the day from the likes of Benny Goodman and Count Basie amongst others.

But outside of America things were not good as Germany invaded France which meant between Germany and Italy most of Western Europe was controlled by them except for England.



Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the election and becomes the United States' first third-term president.

Winston Churchill becomes Britain's Prime Minister.

Leon Trotsky the Russian revolutionary is assassinated in Mexico

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania annexed by U.S.S.R.

Hitler invades Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

The first McDonald's hamburger stand opens in Pasadena, Calif.

CBS demonstrates color television in New York.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! The radio show debuts.

The first Bugs Bunny cartoon.