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D-Day
Landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Yalta Confrence
FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Japanese War. -
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japans surprise attack on Pearl Harbor lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. -
Invention of Microwaves
American engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with inventing the modern microwave oven after World War II from radar technology developed during the war. Named the "Radarange", it was first sold in 1946. -
Marshall Plan
Also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. -
First Credit Card Introduced
Diners' Club, Inc. created a card with credit that could be used at a variety of establishments.
