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U.S. Congress reintroduces the draft
The U.S. Congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WWII. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt in elected to his third term as president of the U.S.
Roosevelt was elected to a third term with the promise of maintainign American neutrality. -
RKO Pictures releases Citizen Kane.
A movie by Orson Welles, Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. -
Mount Rushmore is completed
60 foot sculpter of four United States presidents: George Washinton, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Rosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. -
Lend-Lease Act is approved.
Determind to keep the U.S. out of the war whike helping those allies already in it, appoves 1 billion in Lend-Lease to tnhe soviet union. -
Japanese Attack Peral Harbor
Peral Harbor was an unexpected attack by the Japanese on Peral Harbor. The Japanese planed to neutralize the U.S. iin the pacific east. -
Manhattan Project begins.
Research and development by the U.S. to produce the first atomic bomb. -
Executive order 9066 is signed
Authorized the secretary of war to declare areas of the U.S. as military area from which any or all persons may be excluded. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. navy defeted the japanese Navy's attack against Midweay Atoll. Considered the turning point of the war against japan. -
Detroit, Michigan Race Riots
A rioting between blacks and whites that lasted three days before federal troops restored order. -
D-Day (Operation Overload
Operaton Overload was a plan to land a large amount of troops and overwhelm German forces. -
G.I. Bill od Rights signed into law
A law that provided a range of benefits for retuning WWII vetrions. -
Americans land at Iwo Jima.
A major battle in which the United States foiught for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japenese empire -
Harry S. Truman becomes president.
Triman became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died after months of declinign health. -
Germany surrenders
Germany siged an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters. -
First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
One the six principal organs of the United Nations -
National Basketball Association of America is founded
Founded in New York as the BAA then adopted the name National Basketball Association of America. -
Jackie Robinsons Debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Went agenst the Boston Braves and played first base and 0 for 3 at the plate. -
Marshall plan
An american program to aid europe. The U.S. gave support to help rebuild europ-ean economy. -
President Truman is re-elected
Truman beat Dewey even though in every prediction Dewey was predicted to lose. Considered one of the greatest election upsets in american history. -
NATO is formed
The NATO was a system of collective defenses in which members of states agreed to mutual defensse in response to an attack by any external party.
