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Harry S. Truman Matthew 5A

By SAS-MRC
  • Harrry is Born

    Harrry is Born

    Harry S. Truman is born in Lamar, Missouri.
  • Truman serves in Battery B of the Missouri National Guard.

    Truman serves in Battery B of the Missouri National Guard.

    He enters as a private, but is soon promoted to corporal

  • Truman works on his father's farm

  • Truman's father dies.

    Truman's father dies.

  • Truman is elected judge of county court, Jackson County, Missouri

  • The Japanese attack the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    The Japanese attack the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    The nation enters into World War II.
  • Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president

    Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president

  • First atomic bomb dropped

    First atomic bomb dropped

    Truman announces the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan by a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber named Enola Gay
  • World War 2 ends

    World War 2 ends

  • President John Kennedy is assassinated

    President John Kennedy is assassinated

    Lyndon B. Johnson assumes the Presidency upon the death of John Kennedy, bedoming the 36th U.S. President.

  • Truman Dies age 88