Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884–December 26, 1972) became the 33rd president of the United States following the death ofPresident Franklin D. Roosevelton April 12, 1945. Not well known when he took office, Truman gained respect for his role in the development of theTruman Doctrineand the ...
Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884. He went to high school in Independence, Missouri. From 1900 until 1905 he held various small business positions, then for the next twelve years he farmed on his parents' land. In 1917, soon after the United States entered ...
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On this day January 5: Twelfth Night (Western Christianity) Harry S. Truman 1757 – King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering. 1869 – Te Kooti's War: After surviving...
Harry S. Truman 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
Harry Truman Reasoner Biography Harry Reasoner was born on April 17, 1923 in Dakota City, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for The Reasoner Report (1973), Calendar (1961) and ABC Evening News (1953). He was married to Lois Harriett Weber and Kathleen Ann Carroll. He died on August...
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Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking, PBS, 1976 Sybil, NBC, 1976 Eleanor and Franklin, ABC, 1976 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, ABC, 1977 The Quinns, ABC, 1977 The Dollmaker, ABC, 1984 The Execution of Raymond Graham, 1985 Half a Lifetime, HBO, 1986 (And producer) "My Na...
Eleanor Roosevelt: Facts and Overview Eleanor Rooseveltwas one of the most significant women in US history. As the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, she served as the First Lady from 1933 to 1945, the longest-serving in that post. President Harry S. Truman actually went on to call her the ...