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President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the U.S. Congress for a defense budget hike. -
United States
The United States declares its neutrality in the European war after Germany invaded Poland, effectively beginning World War II after a year of European attempts to appease Hitler and the aims of expansionist Nazi Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American base at Pearl Harbor destroying U.S. aircraft and naval vessels, and killing 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians. -
US at War
Germany and Italy, Japan's axis partners, declare war on the United States. The United States declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki. -
World War 2 Ends
A formal surrender ceremony is conducted in Tokyo Bay on the U.S. battleship Missouri. World War II officially ends -
Korean War Begins
- Korean War begins
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Dwlight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as President -
Disneyland
Disneyland opens at Anaheim, California -
Actor James Dean
Actor James Dean is killed in a highway accident -
Vietnam War Offically Begans
Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery Bus Boycott -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States -
United States President Election
United States presidential election, -
Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
