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1940-49 |
1945
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders,
ending World War II. Cold War between United States and Soviet Union begins
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first
black major-league ballplayer |
1941
Eudora Welty, Petrified Man
1947 Tennessee Williams, A
Streetcar Named Desire
1949 Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
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