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Attack on Pearl Harbor
On June 7th,1941, 360 Japanese warplanes descended on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. -
Battle of Los Angeles
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid. -
Smith-Connally Act
June 25, 1943,United States Congress passed the Smith-Connally Act -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, 12 nations that included the US Army stormed the beaches of Normandy. -
The first successful test of an atomic
July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project held its first successful test of an atomic device—a plutonium bomb—at the Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico. -
Frist Atomic bomb drops
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese -
Morgan v. Virginia
June 3, 1946, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Morgan v. Virginia that a Virginia law, requiring segregation of white and African-American bus passengers, was illegal for interstate travel. -
Congress passes 22nd Amendment
Congress approved the 22nd Amendment -
Executive Order 9981
Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on 26 July 1948 stating, "There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Alger Hiss
Chambers accused former State Department official Alger Hiss of having been a communist and a spy during the 1930s -
Truman's second inauguration
The second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the United States was held on Thursday, January 20, 1949. -
Joe Louis
March 1, 1949
Joe Louis retired from boxing -
U.S. forces deployed to Korea
On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea -
Defeat of Democratic Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson
Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democratic Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson