| 1941 | - Orlando Junior College opened September 15** - U.S. Post Office and Federal building dedicated May 14** - Civil Air Patrol organized** |
| 1942 | - Reeves Terrace built** - Rationing books issued** |
| 1943 | - Quarter horse racing begins (July)** - Blood Bank organized** |
| 1944 | - Weather Bureau established at airport** - DDT developed at U. S. Government laboratory** - Orlando Junior College moved to Lake Highland** |
| 1945 | - Rationing removed** - Navy takes over Underwater Sound Reference Laboratory on Lake Gem*** (Closes in 1996***) |
| 1946 | - Orlando adopts Volos, Greece** - Municipal airport freed of debt** - Orange General Hospital renamed Orange Memorial Hospital May 30** - Orange County's Vacuum Foods, later "Minute Maid" invents frozen concentrate allowing juice to be sold year-round*** |
| 1947 | - WORZ goes on air February 17** - Citizens National Bank opened February 17** - Dr. J. B. Callahan died February 28** - City buys Fairview Park** - WHOO goes on air December 15** - Army chooses Cape Canaveral for long-range missile testing*** - Chuck Yeager's "X-1" first tested at Pine Castle Air Force Base*** |
| 1948 | - League of Municipalities formed** - Orlando Union Rescue Mission organized** |
| 1949 | - Greyhound Terminal opened February 27** - President Truman dedicated Andrews Causeway March 8** - Orlando Industrial Board organized** - Gatorland opens as 110 acre theme park and conservancy*** |
| 1950 | - Belk-Lindsey buys Slemons store on West Church Street** - Postal service cut to one delivery daily** - First election machines go in service** - Negroes allowed to vote in primary election** - First parking meters installed** |
References:
* Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol I. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1975
** Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol II. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1977
*** Orange County Regional History Center – Informational Display