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Harry S. Truman is elected president.
33rd president served in combat in WWI. Ordered massive air raid on Tokyo the day before Japan agreed to surrender. -
U.S. sends troops to Korea
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French are defeated in Vietnam
The French were defeated by the Germans in 1940. -
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The New Frontier
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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.
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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.
