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D-Day
D-Day was the start of Operation Overlord - which was the largest invasion in history. Over 160,000 troops from Britain and allied countries landed in Normandy during the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the liberation of France from the Nazis. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki decimated by Atom bombs.
The first and second use of the atom bomb brought the United States victory after a long, difficult war. The bombing of the two port cities resulted in about 140,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000 population being killed in the blast, and at least 74,000 people died in Nagasaki. -
The end of World War II
With the advancing forces of the United States and Russia on both sides, Germany was in no position to continue the war. Adolf Hitler offed himself on April 30th, 1945. -
Inauguration of Harry Truman (33rd President)
A Democrat, Harry Truman was the president during the Second Red Scare, and implemented the "loyalty program." The loyalty program required individuals suspected of being communist to present evidence that they were not communist, or sell someone, most likely an innocent person, out. -
The Creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO was created as collective security against the Soviet Union. Today it has 29 members. The original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
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The Korean War
The war began when thousands of North Korean troops invaded the 38th Parallel and declared war on South Korea. North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union so, naturally, the United States had to get involved. In the end, neither side gained any land, so it was pretty pointless. -
The Hydrogen Bomb Invented
A Hydrogen bomb is about 1,000 times as powerful as an atom bomb. They can decimate entire cities and derives their energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen. -
The inauguration of Dwight Eisenhower (34th President)
A Republican, Eisenhower ended the Korean War, balanced the federal budget, and signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1957.