Sources
Eyewitness to the 20th Century; Encyclopedia of the 20th Century; Chronicle of the World; The Timetables of History; American Decades, 1940-1949; The Book of Who; Chronicle of the 20th Century; Encyclopedia Americana; The Filmgoers' Companion; "Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies and Manias," by Charles Panati; The World Almanac and Book of Facts; U.S. Census Bureau; Reader's Digest Illustrated Story of World War II; Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen; Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Our Times: The Illustrated History of the 20th Century; The People's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present; Great Events of the 20th Century; What Happened When; The Annals of America; Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Treasury of Great Reporting; "The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950," by Frank Buxton and Bill Owen; Day by Day: The Forties; Chronicle of the Cinema; Rock & Roll Birthday Book; Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates; Atlas of the 20th Century; Men of War: Great Military Figures of the 20th Century; Brooklyn Zoo Research Center; "Facts & Dates of American Sports," by Gorton Carruth and Eugene Erlich; Information Please Sports Almanac; "The Film Encyclopedia," by Ephraim Katz; "Freedom at Midnight," by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre; Associated Press; "Inventors Who Left Their Brands on America" by Frank H. Olsen

Credits
Producer: Michelle Buzgon/KRT
Designer: Ron Coddington/KRT
Research: Chuck Myers/KRT
Photography: National Archives; USOC via KRT; Jamie Francis of The State (Columbia, S.C.)/KRT; Library of Congress; Harry Hamburg of New York Daily News/KRT; Jane Scott via KRT; Nuccio Dinuzzo of Chicago Tribune/KRT; Paramount Pictures via KRT; Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Neal Preston/KRT; Craig Fuji of Detroit Free Press/KRT; David Stephenson of Lexington Herald-Leader/KRT; VH-1 Music Network via KRT

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