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Harry Truman
Harry Truman was the 33rd president. During World War I, Truman served in combat in France as an artillery officer in his National Guard unit. After the war, he joined the Democratic Party. -
Doris Day
<a >Click here to learn more</a>enters the public spotlight with the films My Dream Is Yours and It's a Great Feeling as well as popular songs like "It's Magic"; divorces her second husband. -
Joe DiMaggio
<a Click here to learn more' >Click here for more infornmation</a>Go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them. -
Red China
href='http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Red+China' >Click here to learn more</a>>Click here to learn more</a>the Communist Party of China wins the Chinese Civil War, establishing the People's Republic of China. -
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Johnnie Ray
Click here to learn more' >Click here for more information</a>Signs his first recording contract with Okeh Records, although he would not become popular for another two years. -
Walter Winchell
Click here for more informationis an aggressive radio and newspaper journalist credited with inventing the gossip column. -
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Television
click here to learn morebecoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising. -
