Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Harry S. Truman
Standard Name: Truman, Harry S.
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12 April 1945: President Roosevelt died, and Vice-President...
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12 April 1945
President Roosevelt
died, and Vice-President Harry S. Truman
became President of the US.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
220
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
395
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
536
May 1945: In what has become known as the Nuremberg...
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May 1945
In what has become known as the Nuremberg trials, leaders from the Allied countries (particularly the Big Four: Churchill
, De Gaulle
, Stalin
, and Truman
, who had succeeded to Roosevelt
the...
6 August 1945: The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima:...
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6 August 1945
The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima: by early twenty-first century the best estimate of those killed on the spot stood at approaching 140,000 people, plus many thousands more with obvious, serious...
12 March 1947: With Russia exerting pressure on both Turkey...
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12 March 1947
With Russia exerting pressure on both Turkey and Greece, US President Harry S. Truman
enunciated the Truman Doctrine of support for free peoples against takeover or subversion.
Johnson, Richard William. “Every Club in the Bag”. London Review of Books, 8 Aug. 2002, pp. 15-16.
15-16
“Past Presidents: Harry S. Truman”. The White House.
25 June 1950: North Korea's attack on South Korea began...
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25 June 1950
North Korea's attack on South Korea began the Korean War.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
September 1950: In the USA the Internal Security Act (also...
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September 1950
In the USA the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act or McCarran Wood Act from the chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee
) placed various legal restrictions on Communist Party membership and...
December 1950: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee flew...
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December 1950
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee
flew to Washington, DC, apparently seeking to deflect US President Harry S. Truman
from a possible plan to use nuclear weapons against CommunistNorth Korea.
Ascherson, Neal. “Wedgism”. London Review of Books, Vol.