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Manhattan Project begins
A-BOMB -
Franklin D Roosevelt is elected to his third term as president of the United States
FDR voted to be the only president to serve more than 2 terms. -
U.S Congress reintroduces the draft
The U.S. Congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible american involvement in WWII -
Lend-Lease Act is approved
Allowed trade to where foreign countries would have to pay back after the war. -
RKO pictures releases Citizen Kane
Very popular film revitalized many times -
Mount Rushmore is complete
The basically massive stone replica of our most critical presidents is finished. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Extremely devastating attack on Hawaii, entered US into WWII -
Executive order 9066 is signed ordering Japanese-Americans to be held in relocation camps
Made parts of America exclusively military property. -
Battle of Midway
America v Japan naval fight, crucial American win. -
Detroit Michigan Race Riots
Blacks v Whites, killing 34 and wounding 433. -
D-Day (operation overload)
Allies gather together at Normandy to fend off Germans. -
G.I. Bill Of Rights signed into law
Benefits for returning WWII veterans. -
Americans Land at Iwo Jima
Where America infiltrated and captured the Japanese island Iwo Jima -
Harry S. Truman becomes president
After roosevelt died, the U.S. successfully concluded WWII under Truman but marked the start of the Cold War -
Germany Surrenders
Hitler anointed his admiral before he killed himself, but the Germans were already surrendering. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagaski with the first atomic bomb with three days apart from each bombing -
First of meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
Th meeting was held under the president or secretary general in yearly meetings. -
National Basketball Association of America is founded
Founded in NewYork City adopted NBA after it merged with the NBL -
Jackie Robinson debuts at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
broke the color line in baseball when he debuted for the Dodgers. -
President Truman is re-elected
ran against Thomas E. Dewey -
Marshall Plan
Program designed to rehabilitate the economies -
NATO is formed
North Atlantic treaty organization to keep peace.
