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Was created by Robert Oppenheimer
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The United States Marines land on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in the first American offensive of WWII
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In Washington D.C., it is dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
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The Tehran Conference is held for 3 days, concluding in an agreement between US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
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Allied Soldiers stormed the beached of France to begin WWII invasion of Europe that would lead to the gain of Paris.
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2 ships loading ammunition at Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station in California exploded. Killed 320 people.
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American troops invaded Okinawa, which ended June 21st.
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dying suddenly, Vice President Harry S. Truman become president during WWII
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Surrenders at Reims, France ending the fighting of WWII in France
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Given independence by United States.
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Harry S. Truman allows the use of an atomic bomb. First attacking Hiroshima, then 3 days later bombing Nagasaki. Japan surrenders August 15th.
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When passed it would grant 400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey to battle communist terrorism.
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George C. Marshall proposes aid extension to European nations for war recovery, leading to 12 billion dollars over the next 4 years.
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Soviet Union begins blockade on Berlin, Germany
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed by the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations.
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A 3 year conflict when troops of North Korea ,backed with Soviet weaponry, invade South Korea.
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inauguration of trans-continental television occurs with the broadcast of president Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco.
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published by British Physicist Francis Crick and American Scientist James D. Watson.