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1 day ago · Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884, the oldest child of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman. He was named for his maternal uncle, Harrison "Harry" Young. His middle initial, "S", is not an abbreviation of one particular name.
Oct 5, 2024 · Though it was American scientists who built the bomb out of fear of the Nazis getting it first, it was Harry Truman who ultimately gave the order to drop the nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Let's take a closer look at the 33rd President of the United States.
4 days ago · Truman was the eldest of three children of John A. and Martha E. Truman; his father was a mule trader and farmer. After graduating from high school in 1901 in Independence, Missouri, he went to work as a bank clerk in Kansas City.
15 hours ago · Truman, a Democrat from Missouri, ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1948 presidential election, in which he narrowly defeated Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey and Dixiecrat nominee Strom Thurmond.
3 days ago · Today, almost 6,000 young men and women come to Truman annually to gain a high-quality liberal arts and sciences education at an affordable price. Truman now offers 52 undergraduate and 11 graduate degree programs, 67 minors, 1 graduate certificate program, and several additional areas of specialized study.
3 days ago · Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama[ 1 ] (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard ...
Oct 7, 2024 · Truman State University. Oct 07, 2024. HELP. [Archived Catalog] English (MA) Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |. Affiliation: School of Arts & Letters. The discipline of English is incredibly diverse, and Truman’s English MA program is no exception.
