Commander of First Army
Appointed Commander of the US First Army
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Commander of Ninth Army
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army
Commander of Ninth US Air Force
Appointed Commander of the 9th US Airforce
Commander of Tenth Army
Appointed Commander of the US Tenth Army in the Pacific
Commander of Tenth Army
Appointed Commander of the US Tenth Army in the Pacific
Curium
Participates in the discovery of curium.
Curium
Helps discover curium, later named for Pierre and Marie Curie.
Delegates Plan General Assembly
Negotiators proposed a general assembly in which member states would participate.
Delegates Plan Security Council
The talks produced a proposal for a Security Council with primary responsibility for international peace.
Deputy Commander
Appointed Deputy Commander of the US First Army under General Bradley
Discovery of Americium
Co-discovers americium and places it within the newly proposed actinide series of the periodic table.
Discovery of Curium
Co-discovers curium and helps establish the systematic extension of the actinide series beyond plutonium.
Dumbarton Oaks Conversations Conclude
The full series of Washington conversations concluded on 7 October.
Dumbarton Oaks Site Is Selected
Diplomats arranged to hold the international security talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington.
Economic And Social Council Proposed
The conference proposed a council for coordinating international economic and social cooperation.
Economic Cooperation Structures Discussed
Delegates envisaged mechanisms for cooperation on economic and social questions.
Edward Stettinius Leads American Delegation
Edward Stettinius headed the United States delegation at Dumbarton Oaks.
First Army
General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen. Commander of First US Army, succeeds Bradley. Appointed Deputy Commander of the US First Army under General Bradley
First Army
Hodgess troops are the first to reach Paris, France
First Motion Picture Unit
Marilyn Monroe meets photographer David Conover, who had been sent by the U.S. Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) to the factory to shoot morale-boosting pictures of female workers
First Motion Picture Unit
Marilyn Monroe meets photographer David Conover, who had been sent by the U.S. Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) to the factory to shoot morale-boosting pictures of female workers
Glass Menagerie Chicago Premiere
Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie premiered in Chicago, presenting a family's disappointment through the memories of its narrator.
Gold Medal for Fiction
Cather received a gold medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Incident-Knutsford
Says it the US & British destiny to rule the post-war world
International Court Is Envisaged
The Dumbarton Oaks proposals contemplated an international court of justice.
Jane Eyre
Stars in, "Jane Eyre"
K-25 Plant
Leads major engineering work for gaseous-diffusion enrichment.
Los Alamos F Division Leadership
Leads a Los Alamos division concerned with advanced theoretical and experimental problems related to neutron physics and weapon development.
Membership Criteria Enter Discussions
Delegations debated which states should be eligible for membership in the international organization.
Military Assistance Arrangements Considered
The proposals envisaged agreements to make armed forces available to support Security Council decisions.
Military Staff Committee Is Proposed
Delegates outlined a military staff committee to advise and assist the Security Council.
Modeling
While working in a factory as part of the war effort meets a photographer and begins a successful pin-up modeling career
Move to Los Alamos
Moves to Los Alamos and joins the laboratory effort to solve scientific problems associated with designing the first atomic weapons.
musical On the Town
Versatile composer, conductor, pianist, Leonard Bernstein composes musical On the Town
Naturalization
Becomes a naturalized US Citizen
Naval Radar
American naval radar helps carrier forces fight Japanese air attacks.
Neutron Diffraction Proposal
Proposes using reactor neutrons and a modified diffraction instrument to study crystal structure.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for work on nerve fibres
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for the resonance method used to measure magnetic properties of atomic nuclei.
Nonpermanent Council Seats Proposed
Delegates developed plans for additional Security Council seats filled by elected members.
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