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Hace 9 horas · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.Assuming the presidency after Roosevelt's death, Truman implemented the Marshall ...
Hace 4 horas · And in 1948, Harry Truman actively campaigned across the country, giving speeches from the back of a train in what became known as his whistle-stop campaign. President Harry S. Truman speaking ...
Hace 9 horas · Despite this, Truman ultimately made the decision to drop a second bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, leading to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry Truman scarcely saw President Franklin Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb project.
Hace 9 horas · 1930s-1960s — Continued correspondence and visits with Harry S. Truman. 1944, April — Visited by Senator Truman in Phoenix. 1945, May — Requested President Truman’s help in locating son ...
Hace 9 horas · President Harry Truman signed it into law 75 years ago today. “The Cape,” as it’s been known for most of those years, offered many advantages. The region had a small population, the climate wasn’t too extreme, and there were thousands and thousands of miles of ocean to plop rockets into.
Hace 1 día · Harry ya no estará en las islas británicas y no sufrirá la humillación de ver a su hermano fotografiarse junto a un Apache. Lo cierto es que Guillermo también completó en su día el ...
Hace 9 horas · In 1950, President Harry S. Truman formally dedicated the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. In 1953, a tornado devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives. In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1967, the one-millionth U.S. phone wasconnected.
