1942 Annual History Facts Politics: Hawaii had unique US banknotes from 1942 through the war’s end. In case of Japanese invasion, the US government would have declared the notes worthless to prevent use by Japanese troops. Influential Songs include White Christmas by Bing Crosby, Deep In The Heart of Texas by Alvino Rey, and There’ll […]
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1942 Books & Bestsellers 1942 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel 2. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck 3. Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck 4. And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field 5. Drivin’ Woman by Elizabeth Pickett 6. Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase 7. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas 8. The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen 9. Kings
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1941 Annual History Facts Politics: On January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated that Four Freedoms should prevail everywhere in the world… 1- freedom of speech and expression, 2- freedom of worship, 3- freedom from want, and 4- freedom from fear. Influential Songs include Stardust by Artie Shaw, A String of Pearls by Genn
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1941 Books & Bestsellers 1941 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. Cronin 2. Random Harvest by James Hilton 3. This Above All by Eric Knight 4. The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen 5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 6. Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts 7. H.M. Pulham, Esquire by John P. Marquand 8. Mr. and Mrs.
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1940 Annual History Facts The Comics: Superman bad guy Lex Luthor was originally drawn with a full head of red hair, in Action Comics #23, but an artist’s mistake made the iconic villain bald. Influential Songs include Frenesi by Artie Shaw, The Breeze and I by Jimmy Dorsey, and We Three (My Echo, My Shadow
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1940 Books & Bestsellers 1940 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn 2. Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley 3. Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther 4. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 5. The Nazarene by Sholem Asch 6. Stars on the Sea by F. van Wyck Mason 7. Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts 8. The Grapes
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1939 Books & Bestsellers 1939 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 2. All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field 3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4. Wickford Point by John Marquard 5. Escape by Ethel Vance 6. Disputed Passage by Lloyd C. Douglas 7. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 8. The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page 9. The Nazarene by Sholem
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1939 Annual History Facts Human Rights: The UK loaned the Lincoln Cathedral copy of the Magna Carta to the US during World War 2 for safekeeping. Influential Songs include: Moonlight Serenade and In The Mood by Glenn Miller, Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday, and God Bless America by Kate Smith The Big Movies included Gone
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1938 Annual History Facts Politics: Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing the first minimum wage and forty-hour week. Influential Songs include: Begin The Beguine by Artie Shaw I Can’t Get Started by Bunny Berigan, and A-Tisket A-Tasket by Chick Webb The Big Movies included The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sweethearts, and Boys Town
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1938 Books & Bestsellers 1938 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 2. The Citadel by A.J. Cronin 3. My Son, My Son! by Howard Spring 4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 5. Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts 6. All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field 7. The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield 8. And Tell of Time by Laura Krey 9. The Mortal
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