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Harry S. Truman is sworn as the 33rd president of the United States Of America, from the death of president Roosevelt.
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Truman appoints justice for Robert Jackson as U.S chief of the counsel for prosecution of Nazi war criminals.
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Truman announces the end of the war in Erope via radio(V-E Day)
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Truman delivers an closing end adress at the United Nations Charter Conferences In San Francisco
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From July 17 - August 2, 1945 Truman attends a conference at Potsdam, Germany to discuss the post-war treatment of Germany with Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Churchill is replaced by Prime Minister Clement Attlee on 29 July.
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Truman announces dropping a first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan by a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber named Enola Gay.
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August 14, 1945 Truman announces the end of war with Japan at a press conference.
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Truman signs a bill authorizing a loan of $3.75 billion to Great Britain.