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Executive Order 9066 was signed.
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Allied soldiers landed on the beaches in Europe to liberate Paris in World War 2.
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The G.I. Bill of Rights was signed.
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President Roosevelt dies suddenly.
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Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
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President Truman establishes the Committee on Civil Rights.
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The 22nd Amendment was added which limited Presidents to two terms.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th United States President.