Harry S. Truman

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  • Harry's Birth.

    Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation established

  • Marriage

    Truman marries Elizabeth "Bess" Wallace

  • Elected as Jackson County Judge

  • Truman wins election into Senate

  • WW2 begins. Senate established Truman Committee

    Establishes Truman Committee to investigate defense spending.

  • Truman becomes Vice President

    Truman becomes vice president under FDR

  • FDR Dies

    FDR dies and Truman becomes president.

  • U.S.A drops bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

  • U.S.A drops bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, WW2 ends

  • Inaugaration for Truman's second term

    The U.S joins 11 countries to make the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • Harry S. Truman Library opened in Independence, Missouri

  • Harry Truman dies.

    Truman dies of heart failure

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