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  2. Presidency of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    President Truman signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency and authorizing U.S. entry into the Korean War President Truman (right) and General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island, October 1950. Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union occupied Korea, which had been a colony of the Japanese Empire.

  3. Timeline of the Harry S. Truman presidency - Wikipedia

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    February 12 – Prime Minister of Canada Louis St. Laurent meets with President Truman for the first time in Washington for discussions relating to the defense of North American. [200] February 12 – United States Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington delivers a speech at the Lincoln Day banquet in which he promotes the strength of the B ...

  4. Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    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 assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.

  5. Book Review: 'Ascent to Power' studies how Harry Truman ... - AOL

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    Harry Truman's ascension to the presidency after Franklin Roosevelt's death was a rocky one, and it came at a pivotal time in the nation's history. Once a senator who complained that the 32nd ...

  6. Timelines of United States presidencies - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of the Harry S. Truman presidency; John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) ... Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency. 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980–1981; Ronald Reagan ...

  7. How the stock market performed under each president - AOL

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    Harry S. Truman Time in Office: April 12, 1945 - Jan. 20, 1953Truman entered the White House in the aftermath of FDR's death and would oversee the end of World War II and the beginning of the ...

  8. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    The amendment contained a grandfather clause that explicitly exempted the incumbent president, then Harry S. Truman, from the new term limitation. Grover Cleveland is currently the only president to leave office and return for a second non-consecutive term.

  9. Bush turns 90: The 10 longest-lived presidents - AOL

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    KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1.