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December 26, 1972
- Harry S. Truman (born May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri, U.S.—died December 26, 1972, Kansas City, Missouri) was the 33rd president of the United States (1945–53), who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe and sending U.S. forces to turn back a communist invasion of South Korea.
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1 day ago · 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 served as a United States senatorfrom Missourifrom 1935 to 1945 and briefly in 1945 as the 34th vice presidentunder Franklin D. Roosevelt.
4 days ago · Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage. When did Harry S. Truman approve the development of the hydrogen bomb?
- Alfred Steinberg
- Potsdam Conference, with U.S. President Harry S. Truman (centre), flanked by Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin (left) and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right), near Berlin, Germany, July 1945.
- Overview of the Potsdam Conference.
- World War II; MacArthur, Douglas
- United Nations forces fighting to recapture Seoul, South Korea, from communist invaders, September 1950.
14 hours ago · Harry S. Truman 's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been vice president for only 82 days when he succeeded to the presidency. Truman, a Democrat from Missouri, ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1948 ...
4 days ago · Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, was a common man who served his country with courage, integrity and humility. He never wavered from making hard decisions.
4 days ago · Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, and within 24 hours Pres. Harry S. Truman had been briefed about the atomic bomb program by Stimson. Germany surrendered in May 1945, thus ending the war in Europe, but combat raged on in the Pacific .
2 days ago · Harry S. Truman, 1950 In the assassination attempt that took place closest to the White House, Harry S. Truman was staying at nearby Blair House when two gunmen broke in on November 1950.
2 days ago · In October he met with President Harry S. Truman, who dismissed Oppenheimer's concern about an arms race with the Soviet Union and belief that atomic energy should be under international control. Truman became infuriated when Oppenheimer said, "Mr. President, I feel I have blood on my hands", responding that he (Truman) bore sole responsibility ...
