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Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884. He was the oldest child of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman.
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In 1905, Truman joined the National Guard, which offered a chance to escape the farm
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Harry and Bess married in Independence, Missouri. Four years later, the couple had their first and only child, Mary Margaret.
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He was elected in 1922 to be one of three judges of Jackson county court.
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Was sworn in as vice president for only 82 days
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Truman had been vice president for 82 days when President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. He was sworn in as president at 7:09 pm in the West Wing of the White House, by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone.
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Germany surrender ending world war two in Europe
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on August sixth Truman announces the dropping of two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Japanese Surrender because of the two atomic bombs which leads to the end of WWII
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The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, and instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them.
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Harry Truman was sworn in for his second term in January 1949; his inauguration was the first to be nationally televised.
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Truman attends Eisenhower's inauguration then leaves by train for Independence Missouri.
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Attended the marriage of his daughter, Mary Margaret, to E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., a well-known newspaperman, in Trinity Episcopal Church, Independence, Missouri
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Truman gets a presidential library put up in his name its cost was around 1700000 to build In Kansas City
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Published MR. CITIZEN, a book about his postpresidential experiences.
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Joined President Kennedy, former President Eisenhower, and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson in attending funeral services in Bonham, Texas for former House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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Large statue of Truman was unveiled in Athens, Greece, commemorating Truman as one of Greece's "greatest benefactors."
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Attended the funeral of President Kennedy and met afterward with Eisenhower, effecting, to the press, a final "reconciliation" between these two former political adversaries.
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Made his last appearance as a speaker at the eighth annual 4 July celebration on the Truman Library grounds.
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On December 26, at the age of 88, He developed multiple organ failure, fell into a coma, and died at 7:50 a.m
