Timeline: 1940's

Miami Beach History
Historic Events Timeline: 1940's

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Year 1940
Population: 28,000

Year 1941
December 7, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.

The Army Air Corps takes command over Miami Beach.

Year 1950
Miami Beach Population: 46,300

Year 1954
Fontainebleau Hotel opens on Miami Beach.

Year 1956
Eden Rock Hotel open on Miami Beach.

Year 1959
Fidel Castro takes over as leader of Cuba and the exodus of Cuban refugees to Miami begins.

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