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Executive Order 9066 Signed
This order put Japanese Americans into relocation camps -
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Battle of Midway
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Marines land at Guadalcanal
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First Nuclear Chain Reaction is produced
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First Major Defeat in the Euopean Theater
The defeat happened at the Battle of Kasserine Pass -
Race Riots in Detroit and Harlem
40 deaths and 700+ injured -
Tehran Conference
Final agreement about Operation Overlord -
D-Day
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G.I. Bill of Rights is Signed
Provided benefits to veterans -
Explosion at Port Chicago Naval weapons Station
The explosion killed 320 people -
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Battle for Guam
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Roosevelt Re-Elected
Only 4 term president -
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Yalta Conference
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Battle of Okinawa
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Roosevelt Died so Truman took over the presedancie
Roosevelt died of a stroke -
Unconditional Surrender of Germany
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First Atomic Bomb Test
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders
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United Nations Fouded
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First Meeting of the United Nations
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NBA Founded
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Atomic Energy Commission Founded
AEC regulates the non-wartime use of nuclear energy -
Jackie Robinson Debuts as the First Black Player in the MLB
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Truman Doctrine Passed
Gave financial aid to battle communism -
Soviet Union Begins Land Blockade of Berlin
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Executive Order 9981 Signed
Ended Segragation in the milatary -
Truman Re-elected
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First Around-the-world Non-stop Flight
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NATO is formed
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Tokyo Rose Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
She was pardoned in 1977 -
Alger Hiss Convicted of Conspiracy
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Census Finds the Population to be over 150 million
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Korean War
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ANZUS Treaty Signed
Australia, New Zeland and, the United States SignSecurity Pact -
Buckminster Files Patent for Geodesic Dome building
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Winter Olympics Held in Helsinki Finland
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First Hydrogen Bomb Test
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Eisenhower Elected
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Description of Double Helix DNA Molecule Published
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First Color Television goes on Sale