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JANUARY 19, 1942
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT APPROVES PRODUCTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT THAT THE BOMB WAS FEASIBLE. -
JUNE 17, 1942
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PUTS THE ARMY IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION OF ATOMIC WEAPONS THEN ARMY DELEGATES THIS TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS -
DECEMBER 2, 1942 MANHATTAN PROJECT
THE FIRST NUCLEAR CHAIN REACTION PRODUCED IN CHICAGO BY TWO PHYSICISTS ARTHUR CROMPTON AND ENRICO FERMI. THEY USED URANIUM 235 IN FISSION EXPERIMENT. -
JANUARY 4, 1944 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN OFFICIAL IN US STATE DEPARTMENT
RALPH BUNCHE IS APPOINTED 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN OFFICIAL IN THE US STATE DEPARTMENT. -
APRIL 13, 1943 THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. IS DEDICATED ON THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON'S BIRTH BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT -
PENTAGON OPENS 1943
IN JANUARY 1943 PENTAGON IS OPENED , IT IS THE LARGEST OFFICE BUILDING EVER OPENED. LOCATED IN ARLINGTON VA. -
JUNE 22, 1944 G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS
G.I. BILL SIGNED INTO LAW PROVIDING BENEFITS TO VETERANS -
JANUARY 2,1945 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT
ON JANUARY 2, 1945 FDR IS INAUGURATED IN FOR A 4TH TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE US. -
FEB. 4, 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE
ON FEB. 4-11 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL, PREMIER STALIN HOLD YALTA CONFERENCE IN SOVIET UNION. -
APRIL 12, 1945 SUDDEN DEATH OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT DIES SUDDENLY AND HIS VICE PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IS SWORN IN AND ASSUMES THE ROLE OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF DURING WWII -
AUG.6, 1945 US BOMBS HIROSHIMA
ON AUGUST 6TH TRUMAN GIVES THE ORDER TO BOMB HIROSHIMA THEN THREE DAYS LATER THE BOMB WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI JAPAN. -
DECEMBER 4, 1945 THE US ENTERS THE UNITED NATIONS
BY A VOTE OF 65-7 THE US APPROVES THE ENTRY INTO THE UNITED NATIONS -
IN DECEMBER OF 1946 TRUMAN ESTABLISHES THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
DECEMBER 5 OF 1946 TRUMAN ESTABLISHES THE PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE THE STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE US AND TO PROPOSE MEASURES TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS. -
JULY 26, 1947 HARRY TRUMAN CREATES THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT IS PUT INTO LAW CREATING THE CIA, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. -
APRIL 3, 1948 MARSHALL PLAN
ON APRIL 3, 1948 PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNED THE MARSHALL PLAN WHICH AUTHORIZED 15 BILLION IN AID FOR 16 COUNTRIES IN REPARATIONS FROM WWII -
JANUARY 31, 1950 DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB
IN JANUARY 1931 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ORDERS DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDROGEN BOMB IN RESPONSE TO THE SOVIET UNION'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB IN 1949. -
FEBRUARY 27, 1951 TWENTY SECOND AMENDMENT
IN FEBRUARY OF 1951 THE TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT LIMITED PRESIDENTS TO TWO TERMS. -
DECEMBER 31, 1951 MARSHALL PLAN EXPIRES
THE MARSHALL PLAN EXPIRES AFTER DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 13.3 BILLION IN FOREIGN AID TO REBUILD EUROPE. -
JUNE 14, 1952 THE KEEL IS LAID FOR THE US TO BUILD A SUBMARINE NAMED THE USS NAUTILUS.
DURING THE COLD WAR, THE USSR HAD MULTIPLE SUBMARINES WITH BOMB CAPABILITY. IN AN EFFORT TO COMPETE THE US STARTED ITS OWN FLEET IN FEAR OF WAR WITH THE RUSSIANS -
JANUARY 7, 1953 ANNOUNCEMENT OF HYDROGEN BOMB
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANNOUNCES THE US HAS CREATED THE FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB
