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Executive Order No. 9102
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order No. 9102 on March 18, 1942. This order was responsible for the forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. -
Anne Frank Receives Her Diary
Anne Frank received her dairy as a gift for her 13th birthday on June 12th, 1942. She would write in this diary of the struggles and hardships of being Jewish during WWII. -
Bambi
Bambi was released on August 21st, 1942 during World War II, and was Disney's 5th full-length animated film. -
The Election of 1944
FDR was reelected in the 1944 election. He was democratic and defeated Thomas E. Dewey. This election was held during WWII. -
FDR Dies
FDR died while still in office of a Hemorrhagic stroke. He died at the age of 63 and his vice president, Harry Truman succeeded him in office. -
Hitler Dies
Hitler died on April 30th, 1945, just ten days after his birthday, to suicide. Him and his wife committed suicide in his bunker and the Nazis surrounded on May 7th 1945. -
The End of WWII
Japan formally surrendered on September 2nd, 1945, ending the second world war. -
The 1948 Election
Harry Truman won the election of 1948. He defeated the republican Thomas E. Dewey. -
The Election of 1952
Dwight Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson, in a landslide, ending a string of Democratic Party wins that stretched back to 1932. -
DNA is Discovered
American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick discovered that DNA had a double-helix structure.