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1941 |
On December 7, Japan
attacks Pearl
Harbor, drawing the
United States into
war. Five
battleships are
sunk, and Admiral
Chester Nimitz takes
control of what
remains of the
Pacific fleet.
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Mount Rushmore is
left incomplete when
its creator, Native
American sculptor
John Gutzon, dies
before completing
his work. |
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1942 |
The U.S. government
establishes the
Manhattan Project,
led by Robert
Oppenheimer, to
coordinate ongoing
American efforts to
design and build the
atomic bomb |
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1943 |
The Pentagon, the
world's largest
office building, is
completed, heralding
the rise of the U.S.
military-industrial
complex. |
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Swiss chemist Albert
Hofman discovers in
his lab, by
accident, the
hallucinogenic
properties of the
drug LSD. |
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1945 |
In August, U.S.
planes drop atomic
bombs on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki,
prompting Japan's
surrender. |
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1948 |
Maurice and Dick
McDonald open the
first McDonalds in
San Bernardino, CA |
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In-n-Out Burger
opens in Baldwin
Park CA |
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