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The Battle of Midway was a battle between the United States and the Japanese naval fleets in the Pacific. It was an American Victory. The Japanese lost four aircraft carriers and one cruiser.
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On this day the first self-sustained nuclear reactor was created. It was called the Chicago Pile-1. The experiment was led by Enrico Fermi.
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On this day Harry S. Truman won the election for president against Thomas E. Dewey. He was a Democrat. He took office after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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On this day Germany unconditionally surrendered thus ending the war in Europe.
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On this day the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was called Little Boy.
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On this day the second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It was called the Fat Man.
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On this day the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri. This ended WWII.
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On this day Percy Spencer invented the first microwave oven. It was called the Radarange.
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On this date the 22th amendment was passed by congress. This amendment set term limits for the president. The president could now only serve two terms.
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On this day the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. North Korea was backed by Soviet Russia and South Korea was backed by the United States.
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This act was passed to make it harder for possible communist and soviet spies to gain citizenship in the United States.