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Executive Order of 9066
This order authorized the removal of any person from certain "exclusion zones." These zones covered almost a third of the country. The act was designed to remove or relocate Japanese citizens. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese citizens from the U.S were put into isolated camps from 1942 - 1945 -
D-Day
Allied nations invade Normandy. Largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman take office as the president of the United States. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany Surrenders al forces. -
First Atomic Bomb
The first atomic bomb to be dropped on a civilian city was Fat Man. It was dropped on Hiroshima. 3 days later a second bomb was dropped and the Japanese surrendered. -
End of World War II
Japanese formally signs the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri, marking the official ending of World War II. -
Microwave Invented
American engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with inventing the modern microwave oven after World War II from radar technology developed during the war. -
Cold War
Began when the Soviet-backed North Korean People's Army invaded its pro-Western neighbor to the south. -
Executive Order 9981
Demolishes all racial discrimination in the armed forces. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War Begins
Began when soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
22nd Amendment
Limits the president to two terms. -
End of Korean War
The Korean war ends. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower is elected president.
