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U.S. Congress reintroduces the draft
The U.S. congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of the possible American involvement in WWII -
Lend-Lease Act is approved.
Made it legal to get supplies to the UK, SU, China, France, Allied Nations. -
RKO PIctures releases Citizen Kane
An American drama film, directed by Orson Wells. Nominated for academy awards in nine categories, Greatest film of all time. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected into third term as president
DUring WWII President Roosevelt ran for his third term as president. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
A suprise military strike by the imperial japanese navy against the U.S. naval base. -
Manhattan Project begins
Research and development projects by the us and canada begin to develop the first atomic bomb -
Mount Rushmore is completed
The faces of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln carved into a mountian in South Dakota -
Executive order 9066 is signed ordering Japanese-Americans to be held in relocation camps.
A U.S. executive order signed and issued during WW2 cleared the way for relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. -
Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of WWII -
D-Day (operation overload)
The first day of the invasion in Normandy -
Detriot Race Riots
Riots in detriot between blacks and whites -
G.I. Bill of Rights signed into law.
Provided benefits of returning WW2 veterans. -
Americans land at Iwo Jima.
Americans invade Iwo Jima. -
Harry S. Truman becomes president.
33rd president of the United States. -
Germany surrenders
After many casualties Germany surrendered. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
U.S. bombed Hiroshima to end WW2. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
U.S. bombed Nagasaki to end WW2. -
First of meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
The first session was in the west minister central Hallin Condon, included representatives of 51 nations. -
National Basketball Association of America is found
The league was in found in New York city. -
Jacvkie Robinson
Debutes as first basemen for the Dodgers -
Marshall Plan
American Plan to aid Europe. -
President Truman
Becomes president for his third term -
NATO is formed
an intergovernment military alliance based on North Atlantic Treaty
