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Birth of President Harry Truman
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Wedding Date
Married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace -
Harry Truman's Child is Born
Elizabeth gives birth to Margaret Truman Daniel -
Truman takes office
He took office upon the death of his predecessor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. -
Germany surrenders
This was the end of the war in Europe. Germany surrendered after the recent death of Adolf Hitler. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima ordered by President Harry Truman. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
3 days after the bombing of Hiroshima, another B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki ordered by President Harry Truman. -
Truman Signs "Truman Doctrine"
This was saying that the United States would provide military, economic, and political assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Truman addresses the NAACP
This is earth-shattering because he is the first president to address the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. -
Truman is Re-elected as POTUS
This was one of the biggest upsets in Presidential election history, when Truman defeated Republican governor Thomas Dewey -
Soviet Union ends blockade of Berlin
On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blocked the West of Berlin. Almost 9 months later the Soviet Union lifts the Berlin blockade. Though the wall did not yet fall. -
Truman signs Housing Act
Truman signs the housing act, established a national housing agency, and provided federal aid to slum clearance programs and low-cost housing projects. -
Soviet Union gets the bomb
Truman announces that the Soviet Union has detonated an atomic bomb. -
Truman announces H-bomb
Truman announces that the United States will develop a hydrogen bomb. -
Truman orders troops to Korea
North Korea invades South Korea, and Truman announces that he has ordered American ground forces stationed in Japan to Korea. -
Truman declares national state of emergency
Truman declares a state of national emergency and impose wage and price controls. -
Truman signs Mutual Security Act
The act authorized more than $7 billion dollars for foreign economic, military, and technical aid. -
U.S. tests first H-bomb
The United States detonated the first hydrogen bomb. -
Harry Truman ends his second term as President
After his second term, although exempt from the newly ratified 22nd amendment decided not to run for a third term as POTUS. -
Death of President Harry Truman
He died in Kansas City, MO, caused by old age rather than any specific ailment.