The 1940’s was one of the most important decades to the United States. There was lots of historical events that happened in the 1940’s. For example, it was the time period that World War II was fought. WWII was a war with most of the world that lasted from 1939 to 1945. WWII was provoked by Germany for invading and trying to take over other countries. One other historical event that happened was an annular solar eclipse is seen for the first time in U.S since 1930. The solar eclipse was the most spectacular thing that happened in the sky to North America. The sun was blocked completely out for approximately 10 minutes by the moon around the outer edge. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between the earth and the sun at the precise
