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2. 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 ...

3. Presidency of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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   Truman's party was hurt by a disappointing postwar economy, [276] and the election was a major blow to Truman's hopes of passing his domestic policies. [277] However, Dallek points to the 1946 elections as the moment when Truman became more sure of himself as president, and stopped trying to appease all factions of the public.

4. Truman (book) - Wikipedia

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   The book provides a biography of Harry Truman in chronological fashion from his birth to his rise to U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President.It follows his activities until death, exploring many of the major decisions he made as president, including his decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his meetings and confrontation with Joseph Stalin during the end of World War II ...

5. Harry Truman’s world-changing decision: the atomic bomb and ...

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   But without Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs, World War II would not have ended on the deck of the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, less than a month after Hiroshima. D.M. Giangreco is a ...

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

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   April 12 – Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd president of the United States in a ceremony in the Cabinet Room, the oath being administered by Chief Justice of the United States Harlan F. Stone and completed exactly two hours and thirty four minutes after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7. Harry Truman desegregated the military 75 years ago. Biden ...

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   President Harry Truman went around a stalemated Congress 75 years ago and issued an executive order to desegregate the military, offering a crucial victory for the Civil Rights Movement.

8. List of executive actions by Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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   Listed below are executive orders numbered 9538–10431 signed by United States President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953). He issued 896 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of Harry S. Truman

9. He was an Independence teen when Truman died 50 years ... - AOL

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   Truman died on Dec. 26, 1972 — exactly 50 years ago. The following morning, as Independence prepared for a presidential funeral, Pritchard, then 15, grabbed the family’s Super 8 video camera ...