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Franklin D. Roosevelt in elected to his third term as President of the United States.
Nominated for a thirdterm at the Democratic party convention in Chicago. Defeted Republican Wendell Wilkie. -
U.S. Congress reintroduces the draft.
The U.S.congress approved the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WWII. -
Lend-Lease Act is approved.
The president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country who struggled against the Axis assisted U.S. defence. -
RKO Pictures releases Citizen Kane
This was a movie that won best writing. -
Mount Rushmore is completed.
A carving of George Washinton, Tomas Jefferson, Theadore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan believed their only thereat was U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and set out to nutralize them. -
Executive order 9066 is signed ordering Japanese-Americans to be held in relocation camps.
Order to incarcerate nearly 120,000 Japanese americans. -
Manhattan Project begins.
The form was signed to creat a secret project by the United States. -
Battel of Midway
Japanese intention was to neutralize and isolate Australia and India. -
Detroit, Michigan Race Riots
U.S.A navy fought Japan's navy. Japan still sought to eliminate US as a strategic power. -
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
Allies landed along the German claimed beaches of Normandy, France. By the end of the day, the Allies gained a foot-hold, although the cost was high with 9,000 soldiers dead or wounded. There were 100,000 soldiers left to fight Hitler along with 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft. -
G.I. Bill of Rights signed into law
A law that provided a wide range of benefits for World War II vets. It included low-cost mortages, low-interest loans to start businesses, living expenses, etc. -
Americans land at Iwo Gima
This was a major battle in which the U.S. Armed Forces fought for and captured the island from Japan. -
Harry S. Truman becomes President
Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt while he was vice president and never received a briefing. When Roosevelt died, Truman inherited a load of problems. -
Germany surrenders
Germany was basically forced into to signing the agreement or they would have been destroyed. Only the English and Russian versions of the agreement were authorative. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima was bombed August 6 with the first atomic bomb and, three days later on August 9, Nagasaki followed suite. The total killed was between 150,000 and 246,000. -
First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
There were 51 nations represented, they met in Central Hall, Westminster, London. -
Jackie Robinson debuts at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson was instrumental in ending racial segregation. He became the first black Major League Baseball player of the era. -
Marshall Plan
This was an American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to rebuild European economics. -
National Basketball Association of America is founded
With thirty franchised clubs, the National Basketball Association of America is widely considered to be the premier men's league in the world. -
President Truman is re-elected
His election is considered to be the greatest election upset in American history; virtually every prediction thought Dewey would win. -
NATO is formed
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic treaty.
