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Truman Day is a commemorative holiday to celebrate the birth of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. It is celebrated on May 8 in Missouri as a state holiday [1] and nationally by the United States Democratic Party. [2] Truman is the only U.S. President to come from Missouri, hence the significance to the state.
Truman's chief advisors came from the State Department, especially Dean Acheson. The main issues of the United States foreign policy during include: [35] Final stages of World War II included the problem of defeating Japan with minimal American casualties. Truman asked Moscow to invade from the north, and decided to drop two atomic bombs. [36]
Harry and Bess Truman on their wedding day, June 28, 1919. After his wartime service, Truman returned to Independence, where he married Bess Wallace on June 28, 1919. [71] The couple had one child, Mary Margaret Truman. [72] Shortly before the wedding, Truman and Jacobson opened a haberdashery together at 104 West 12th Street in downtown Kansas ...
In addition to Memorial Day, Mother's Day, and Cinco de Mayo, the 2024 calendar of May holidays and observances has dozens of other reasons to celebrate. ... Truman Day. World Ovarian Cancer Day.
National Receptionists Day. National Student Nurse Day. Truman Day. World Ovarian Cancer Day. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. May 9. Ascension Day. Make A Book Day. National Alphabet Magnet Day.
"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.
They were alive when Harry Truman was president. What these seniors are saying about voting and Election Day. Rebecca Corey. November 5, 2024 at 11:13 AM.
September 1 – President Truman says, during the night hours via radio broadcast, that the following day will be "V-J day" in reference to the surrender of Japan. [81] United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes pledges changes within Japan to allow for a government inclined to peace. [ 82 ]