Harry Truman

By Scott.fuller

  • Birth

    Birth
    Harry Truman was born on May 8th, 1884

  • Illness

    Illness
    In January, Harry becomes seriously ill with diphtheria and is forced to drop out of the second grade at the Noland School. After starting to recover, he suffered a relapse and became paralyzed for a few months. His parents pushed him around in a baby carriage or laid him on the floor with a book to read.

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    Harry Truman graduates from high school.

  • Army

    Army
    Harry Truman joins the army as a part of the 129th artillery regiment.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Harry Truman and Bess Wallace are married at Trinity Episcopal in Independence, Missouri.

  • Army Promotion

    Army Promotion
    Truman is appointed major in Field Artillery, Officers Reserve Corps.

  • Judge

    Judge
    With the endorsement of county democratic party leader T. J. Pendergast, Truman wins the election as an eastern judge on the Jackson County Court.

  • Daughter

    Daughter
    Harry and Bess have a daughter named Margaret.

  • Judge Promotion

    Judge Promotion
    Truman is elected presiding judge of the Jackson County Court.

  • Senate

    Senate
    Truman retains his U.S. Senate seat. It is considered a turning point in his political career.

  • Vice President

    Vice President
    Truman is nominated for the office of Vice President at the democratic national convention in Chicago

  • President

    President
    President Roosevelt dies in the office making Truman the 33rd President of The United States.

  • Potsdam Confrence

    Potsdam Confrence
    Harry Truman meets with Joeseph Stalin and Winston Churchill to discuss the treatment of Germany

  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    Truman announces the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • End of War with Japan

    End of War with Japan
    Truman announces the end of the war with Japan at a press conference.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Truman requests (and in May receives) an appropriation of $400 million before a joint session of Congress to fight the spread of communism in Greece and Turkey, this is known as the Truman Doctrine

  • Peace Treaty

    Peace Treaty
    Truman signs a peace treaty ratification with Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.

  • Reelection

    Reelection
    Truman is reelected to a second term despite being predicted and said to lose.

  • Department of Defense

    Department of Defense
    Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, establishing a unified Department of Defense.

  • Death

    Death
    Harry Truman dies at the age of 88