Views by Decade: 1940s (page 1)1940-1949:
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| 21 June 1940 | - conscription act passed |
| 1 July 1941 | - first television broadcasts begin (US) |
| 6 June 1944 | - "D-Day" landings on the Normandy coast |
| 15 June 1944 | - CCF win in Saskatchewan |
| 7 May 1945 | - end of the war in Europe |
| 16 July 1945 | - first atomic bomb exploded in New Mexico;
bomb used against the Japanese on 6 and 9 August |
| 2 September 1945 | - Japanese surrender |
| 13 February 1947 | - oil strike at Leduc, Alberta |
| 1948 | - invention of the transistor |
| 10 January 1949 | - vinyl records in 33 and 45 rpm versions introduced |
| 23 March 1949 | - Newfoundland becomes a province |
| Books: | Sinclair Ross, As for Me and My House; W.O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind; Gabrielle Roy, Bonheur d'occasion [The Tin Flute]; Hugh MacLennan, Two Solitudes. |
| Movies: | "Casablanca;" "Going My Way;" "Best Years of Our Lives." |
| Music: | "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" launches jump blues (rhythm and blues). |
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