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Production of the atomic bomb is approved
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Manhattan Engineer District is established
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Groves selects Los Alamos, New Mexico, as site for separate scientific laboratory to design an atomic bomb
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Congress passes the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act authorizing the Bureau of Mines to build energy research laboratories
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Harry S. Truman becomes president
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Germany Surrenders
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Uranium bomb, Little boy is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
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Plutonium bomb, fat man, dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrenders
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President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 transferring Manhattan Project
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Soviet Union begins blockade of West Berlin
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Soviet Union detonates first atomic device.
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North Korea invades South Korea. The Korean War begins.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated President
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President Eisenhower delivers the “Atoms for Peace” speech at the United Nations