Harry Truman

By flow3r966

  • 33rd US president Harry Truman

    Apr 12 US President Franklin Roosevelt dies in office and Vice-President Harry Truman is sworn in as 33rd US President

  • Hirosima Atomic bomb 'Enola Gay'

    Aug 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay“

  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb "Fat man"

    Aug 9, US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki

  • V-J day

    Surrender of Japan Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end World War II (also August 15 depending on time zone)

  • v-J day

    Sep 1 V-J Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II (US date, 2nd September in Japan)

  • Harry Truman's CIA

    Jan 22 US president Harry Truman sets up the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  • North Korea

    Feb 5 The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.

  • Harry Truman's Atomic Energy Commission

    Aug 1 US President Harry Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

  • Civil Right

    Dec 5 US President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808

  • Truman-Doctrine

    Mar 12 US President Harry Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism

  • Eisenhower gold award

    Oct 14 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower

  • Hologram's birth

    Oct 14 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower

  • Marshall plan

    Jan 7 US president Harry Truman raises taxes for the Marshall Plan

  • South Korea 1st president

    Jul 20 Syngman Lee elected President of South Korea.

  • South korea

    Aug 15 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)

  • Re-election

    Nov 2 US President Harry Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas E. Dewey

  • Fair Deal

    Jan 5 US President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"

  • China

    Oct 1 People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Zedong (National Day)

  • US NATO

    Oct 6 US President Harry Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)

  • Minimum wage

    Oct 26 US President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents

  • Hydrogen bomb

    Jan 31 US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb

  • Einstein's warning

    Feb 12 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb

  • 6,25 Korean war

    Jun 25 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War

  • Nelson Mandela

    Jun 26 Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew

  • strike

    Aug 25 US President Harry Truman orders army to take control of railroad to avert a strike

  • Try to kill US President Harry Truman

    Nov 1 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill US President Harry Truman at Blair House

  • Chinese Army's enter

    Nov 26 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River

  • Recapture Seoul

    Mar 15 UN forces recapture Seoul, the fourth and final time the city changes hands in the Korean War

  • Gen Douglas McArthur of command

    Apr 11 US President Harry Truman relieves Gen Douglas McArthur of command in Korea

  • opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

    Sep 4 US President Harry Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

  • Nelson Mandela

    Jun 26 Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew

  • 34rd US President Eisenhower

    Nov 4 General Dwight Eisenhower elected 34th president of the USA, beating Adlai Stevenson.

  • Hydrogen bomb for American development

    Jan 7 US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb

  • New US president, Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Jan 20 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) New President in USA, 34rd US president Dwight D. Eisenhower.

  • The end of Korean War

    Jul 27 North Korea & UN sign armistice
    The end of Korean war