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Harry S. Truman Timeline


Short Biography of President Harry S. Truman
Lifespan: 1884 - 1972
Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri
Harry S. Truman died on December 26, 1972 in Independence, Missouri
thirty-third President of America - His term in office was from 1945 to 1953

Why was Harry S. Truman famous?
Harry S. Truman was famous as the thirty-third President of the United States of America. He made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan leading to the end of World War II. On his desk, Truman had a plaque that said "The Buck Stops Here."

The next US President was Dwight D Eisenhower.

1884

 

Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri

1904

 

Panama Canal Zone acquired

1905

 

Franklin Roosevelt was married to Anna Eleanor Roosevelton March 17, 1905 They had 6 children

1908

 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  established

1914

 

WW1started 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918

1919

 

Treaty of Versailles

1919

 

Harry Truman was married to Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman on June 28, 1919. They had 1 child.

1924

 

Indian Reorganization Act

1927

 

Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight
The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson is the first "talkie" to be released

1929

 

Great Depression begins

1922-24

 

Harry Truman became Judge on Jackson County Court, 1922-24

1926-34

 

Harry Truman became Presiding Judge of Jackson County Court, 1926-34

1935-45

 

Harry Truman became United States Senator, 1935-45

1939

 

Germany invades Poland; World War II begins

1941

 

Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters World War II

1945

 

Harry Truman became Vice President, 1945 (under F.D. Roosevelt)

1945

 

1945 Harry S. Truman became the President of the United States of America

1945

 

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945
End of World War II (1945)
United Nations Created (1945)
Nuremburg Trials (1945-1946)

1946

 

The Cold Warbegan between the United States and the Soviet Union

1947

 

Truman Doctrine (1947)
Taft-Hartley Act - labor law moderately restricting union activity (1947)

1949

 

NATO Treaty (1949)

1950-1953

 

Korean Conflict (1950-1953) South Korea, an American ally, was invaded by the communist North Korea

1953

 

1953 The Presidency of Harry S. Truman ended

1957

 

Civil Rights Act of 1957
Russians launch Sputnik

1958

 

NASA formed

1959

 

Cuban Revolution

1960

 

Greensboro sit-in
Civil Rights Act of 1960

1961

 

Peace Corps
Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon
OPEC formed

1962

 

Cuban Missile Crisis

1963

 

President J Kennedy assassinated
March on Washington; Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream" speech

1964

 

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1968

 

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Civil Rights Act of 1968

1969

 

Vietnam
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

1972

 

Harry Truman died of Heart Failure on December 26, 1972 in Independence, Missouri. He was buried in the courtyard of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library.

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