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1942North America - USA
 
Edward Hopper paints Nighthawks 
1943North America - USA
 
The film Casablanca is released. 
1945Europe - Great Britain
 
George Orwell publishes Animal Farm
1949North America - USA
 
Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman opens. 
1949Europe - France
 

 
Jean Manzon, 1952, 12 January, Front cover for "Paris Match" No. 147, Magazine cover, Private collection, LL/13322
Paris Match is founded as a quality weekly using extensive photo-reportage. 
1951North America - USA
 
J. D. Salinger publishes The Catcher in the Rye 
1951Europe - Great Britain
 
The Festival of Britain is held to mark to centennial of the Great Exhibition of 1851. 
1953Global
 
James Watson and Francis Crick announce that DNA has the form of a double helix and go on to receive the Nobel prize for their work. Their work is partially based on the 1952 work of Rosalind Franklin who had produced x-ray evidence and notes on the DNA molecule. 
1955North America - USA
 
The poem Howl by Allen Ginsberg with its exploration of drug-induced realities of the Beat generation was censored but finally published in 1957 to wide acclaim.
1957North America - USA
 
Jack Kerouac publishes On the Road

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