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Production of Atomic Bomb
President Roosevelt approves production of the atomic bomb following receipt of a National Academy of Sciences report determining that a bomb is feasible. -
Manhattan Engineer Disctrict
The Army Corps of Engineers establishes this to develop and build the atomic bomb. Uranium isotope separation facilities are built at Oak Ridge, TN; plutonium production reactors are built at Hanford, WA; and a weapons lab is set up at Los Alamos, NM. -
Big Inch Oil Pipeline
Big Inch crude-oil pipeline is completed from the Texas oil fields to Pennsylvania. The line serves as a transportation alternative to tankers that are being sunk by German subs. -
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act
Congress passes this act authorizing the Bureau of Mines to build energy research labs. -
President Harry S. Truman
Following the death of President Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman becomes the President of the United States of America. -
End of World War II
After a long six years, Germany surrenders. -
West Berlin
Soviet Union begins blockade of West Berlin. -
Soviet Union Detonates Atomic Device
The Soviet Union detonates the first atomic device. -
Hydrogen Bomb
President Truman orders development of the hydrogen bomb in response to the Soviet Union's first detonation of the atomic bomb. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the United States of America.