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Executive Order 9066.
Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, confining 110,000 Japanese Americans, including 75,000 citizens, on the West Coast into relocation camps during World War II. The remains of the first of these detention camps resides in California's Manzanar National Historic Site. These camps would last for three years. -
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The Battle of Midway.
fought at Midway Islands in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet encountering its first major defeat of the war against the United States military. As the Battle of Midway comes to an end on June 7, Japan invades the Aleutian Islands, the first invasion of American soil in 128 years. -
North African is Invaded by the U.S. and Great Britain.
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Slinky
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Ralph Bunche
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Normandy Invasion: D-Day.
Occurs when one hundred and fifty-five thousand Allied troops, including American forces and those of eleven other Allied nations (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom) land in France. Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France to begin the World War II invasion of Europe that would lead to the liberation of Paris. Operation Overlord gained footing quickly, pushing through the Atlantic Wall. -
Kidney Dialysis Machine
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The G.I. Bill of Rights is signed into Law
Provided benefits to Veterans. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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WWII ends.
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Winston Churchill gives "Iron Curtain" speech.
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Jackie Robinson.
Breaks Major League Baseball's barrier against colored players when he debuts at first base for Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Presidential Succession Act.
Signed into law by President Truman. -
Executive Order 9981
Ended segregation in the United States military, is signed into effect by President Harry S. Truman. -
President Truman delivers State of the Union Address.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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North Korean communists invade South Korea
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Credit Cards.
Invented by Frank McNamara. -
Immigration and Nationalization Act passed
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Truman announces the development of the Hydrogen Bomb.
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Joseph Stalin dies.
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DNA Molecule is published.
British physicist Francis Crick and American scientist James D. Watson. They, along with New Zealand born scientist Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery in 1962. -
The first Color TV's go on sale
