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Executive order 9066
110,000 Japanese Americans, including 75,000 citizens, on the West Coast, sent into relocation camps during World War II. The remains of the first of these detention camps reside in California's Manzanar National Historic Site. -
Premier of Casablanca
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First Reaction of Manhattan Project
The first nuclear chain reaction is produced at the University of Chicago in the Manhattan Project, creating fission of the Uranium U-235, under the direction of physicists Arthur Compton and Enrico Fermi. (America's best history) -
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Battle of Okinawa
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Bombing of Hiroshima
3 Days later Nagasaki is bombed as well -
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Established
established by President Harry Truman along the Little Missouri River and scenic badlands of North Dakota. -
First around the world nonstop flight
Captain James Gallagher lands the B-50 Lucky Lady II in Texas after completing the first around-the-world non-stop airplane flight. It was refueled four times in flight. -
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Korean War