- American troops defeated Japanese on Guadalcanal

- Point rationing system was set

- German armies in North Africa surrendered

- Nazis massacred thousands in Warsaw ghetto uprising

- "Pay as you go" income tax introduced withholding of federal taxes

- FDR directs that all war contracts must include clauses prohibiting racial discrimination

- Federal troops used to quell Detroit race riot

- Soviets defeated German forces at Stalingrad

- Supreme Court ruled school flag salute optional

- Allies invaded Sicily

- Allies invaded Italian mainland

- Italy surrendered unconditionally

- Japanese forces suffered largest defeat to date at Rabaul

- U. S. forces captured Tarawa from Japanese

- FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met at Teheran

- Eisenhower was named commander of Allied European Forces

- When the Lights Go on Again (Vaughn Monroe)

- I Had the Craziest Dream (Harry James)

- You'll Never Know (Dick Haymes)

- All or Nothing at All (Harry James & Frank Sinatra)

- Paper Doll (Mills Brothers)

- Pistol Packin' Mama (Bing Crosby & Anderw Sisters)

- I've Heard That Song Before (Harry James)

- Let's Get Lost (Vaughn Monroe)

- Moonlight Becomes You (Bing Crosby)

- Comin' In On A Wing and A Prayer (Song Spinners)

- Steel pennies

- The Pentagon

- Rent control

- The term "Smooching"

- The term "Messing around"

- Rationing of canned goods, meat, fat, cheese, and shoes

- Office of War Mobilization

- "Chutes and Ladders" board game

- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

- Chicago Bears were NFL champs

- Cleveland Rams withdrew from the NFL due to the war

- University of Notre Dame was college football champ

- Wyoming University won NCAA basketball title

- Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame won the Heisman Trophy

- Joseph Hunt won the men's U.S. Open tennis title

- Pauline Betz won the women's U.S. Open tennis title

- "Count Fleet" won horse racing's Triple Crown

- The Falcon

- Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy

- The Lone Ranger

- Your Hit Parade

- The Ed Sullivan Show

- Milton Berle

- Kate Smith Variety Show

- Stage Door Canteen

- Improved economy and shortage of goods resulted in long lines

- Bible sales increased 25%

- Long distance telephone calls were limited to five minutes

- Meat ration was 28 ounces per week per person

- Shoe ration was three pairs per year per person

- Butter ration was four ounces per week per person

- The federal government ordered a minimum 48-hour work week in key defense plants

- PT-109, commanded by John F. Kennedy, was sunk

- For Whom the Bell Tolls

- The Song of Bernadette

- Madame Curie

- Stage Door Canteen

- Watch on the Rhine

- Lassie Come Home

- The Phantom of the Opera

- Guadalcanal Diary

- Best Director: Michael Curtiz (Casablanca)

- Best Actress: Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette)

- The Valley of Decision, Marcia Davenport

- So Little Time, John P. Marquand

- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

- The Human Comedy, William Saroyan

- Mrs. Parkington, Louis Bromfield

- The Apostle, Sholem Asch

- Hungry Hill, Daphne Du Maurier

- The Forest and the Fort, Hervey Allen