Harry S. Truman

By Amanda815

  • Harry S. Truman is born.

    He is born in Lamar, Missouri.
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    Spanish-American War

    When he was barely 14 this war going on made him want to be a soldier.

  • President William McKinley is assassinated.

    William McKinely is assassinated and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency.

  • Truman joins the National Guard

    He joined the Missouri National Guard as a private in Light Artillery Battery "B".

  • The British ship Lusitania is sunk.

    The British ship Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. The event will lead the United States to declare war on Germany.

  • Harry's father dies.

    Since Harry's closet companion died he was appointed to succeed him as road overseer. Harry's first political position

  • The U.S. enters World War 1.

    The U.S. enters World War 1 as President Wilson declares war on Germany.

  • Truman was made a first lieutenant.

    This was when the United States entered the World War.

  • Truman and his battery fought in the Vosges Mountains.

    What was later to be called "The Battle of Who Run".

  • World War 1 ends.

  • The 18th amendment is ratified.

    The 18th amendment is ratified, forbidding the manufacture, sale, import, or export of liquor in the United States, and beginning the period known as Prohibition.

  • He opens a men's haberdashery store.

    He opens the store in partnership with Edward Jacobson at 104 West 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Truman married Bess Wallace

    They got married in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence.

  • Harry and Bess's daughter is born.

    Mary Margaret is born in the Gates-Wallace house.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President.

  • Truman became part of the U.S. Senate.

    Along wirh 12 other new Democartic senators, Truman is sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

  • Germany invades Poland.

  • Harry was made Grand Master of Missouri.

  • The Japanese attcack Pearl Harbor.

    The Japanese attcack the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The nation enters World War 2.

  • The Allies invade Normandy, France.

  • Truman is nominated to be Vice President.

    He is nominated for Vice President at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

  • Harry's campaign for Vice-Presidential candidate.

    The campaign started unofficially in New Orleans less than a month before the election.

  • Harry was sworn into Vice Presidency.

    He was sworn into Vice Presidency alongside F.D.R. being sworn into his fourth term of Presidency.

  • Tom Pendergast dies.

    Harry never forgets a friend so he attended the funeral services in Kansas City. He still went even though his friends advised him not to.

  • President Roosevelt died.

    President Roosevelt died making Harry Truman the current Vice-Presient the new President.

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies.

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    Truman attends a conference in Potsdam Germany.

    He attends this conference to discuss the post-war treatment of Germany with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.

  • Truman attends the funeral of his mother.

    He attended her funeral in Grandview, Missouri.

  • Truman is nominated for President.

    He is nominated Democratic candidate for President at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky is chosen as his Vice-Presidental candidtae.

  • Truman is elected as President.

    He is elected to his second term contrary to the forecasts of newspapers who had almost unanimously predicted his defeat.

  • Harry breaks ground for Harry S. Truman Library building.

    On his 71st birthday he breaks ground for the construction of a privately financed Harry S. Truman Library building.

  • The Senate honors Harry on his 80th birthday.

    He becomes the first former president to address the U.S. Senate while it is in formal session.

  • Haryr recieves an "Order of Merit" from the South Korean ambassador.

    He recieved the "Order of Merit for the National Foundation Joongjang," the republic's highest honor.

  • The U.S.S. Maddox is allegedly torpedoed.

    The U.S.S. Maddox is allegedly torpedoed by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin.

  • Harry takes part in a ceremony at the Truman Library.

    He takes part in a ceremony at the Truman Library announcing the founding of the Harry S. Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace, to be constructed in Jerusalem.

  • Truman makes his last appearance as a speaker.

    Truman makes his last appearance as a speaker at the eighth annual July 4th celebration on the Truman Library grounds.