Chicago in World War II
The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1942 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Enrico Fermi, John F. Kennedy and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Notable people
Enrico Fermi
from 1942 to 1945
2 moments here
Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…
John F. Kennedy
in 1942
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1943
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1943
1 moment here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1945
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Moments
- 1942 Trained at Northwestern John F. Kennedy
- 1942 Chicago Pile-1 chain reaction Enrico Fermi
- 1943 Final concerto appearances in Chicago Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1943 Chicago Stadium speech Soong Mei-ling
- 1945 Graduate enrollment at the University of Chicago Yang Chen-Ning
- 1945 Postwar teaching at Chicago Enrico Fermi