Thursday, January 29, 2009

Time Period

Jackie Robinson -Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player(1945)





D-Day - The Normandy Landings were the first operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord.D-Day started at 06:30 (6:30am) and the troops started to invade Normandy.





Franklin D. Roosevelt - the 32nd president of the United States. was in office from March 4th, 1933 to April 12th, 1945.





Henry Fonda - Famous American entertainer and actor gets lead role in Lady and the Eve(1941)






Louis Armstrong - Famous African-American musician who plays the Trumpet. On of the most famous Jazz trumpetters and singers of that time period. Became very famous in the 1940's. Born August 4th, 1941 dies July 6th, 1971








Walt Disney - Famous cartoonist and entertainer. Born December 5th, 1901 and died December 15th, 1966. Co-Founder of Walt Disney Company, formerly known as Walt Disney Productions. Walt disney's cartoons, like Mickey Mouse, becaome popular in the 1940's.




Veronica Lake - a famous female actress of the 1940's. Constance Frances Marie Ockelman November 14, 1922(1922-11-14)Brooklyn,New York,U.S. Died July 7, 1973 (age 50)Burlington, Vermont, U.S.



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