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Harry Truman
Click Here To Learn More Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the U.S. successfully concluded World War II; in the aftermath of the conflict, tensions with the Soviet Union increase -
Nuclear weapon
Click Here To Learn More!!!A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the -
Joe DiMaggio
Click Here To Learn MoreJoe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them. -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Click Here To Learn More!Sergei Prokofiev, the composer, dies on March 5, the same day as Stalin. -
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Disnyland First Opens
Click Here To Learn MoreDisneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park. -
Ernest Hemingway
Click here To Learn MoreErnest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression. -
Ronald Reagan
Click here to learn moreRonald Reagan: President of the United States from 1981 to 1989; first attempted in 1976 to run for president. -
Soviet war in Afghanistan
Click Here To Learn MoreRussians in Afghanistan: Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989.
