History in Your Birth Year.
Have you wondered what happened in history in your birth year? I have. Here are a few years and the events that happened in the year.
1919, The U.S. declared its neutrality in the European conflict.
1941, Franklin Roosevelt's third inauguration and he is the first and only president elected to a third term Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The U.S. declares war on both countries
1942,Allies invade North Africa.
1943, Allies invade Italy.
1945,Allies invade France on D-Day.
1945, Franklin Roosevelt's fourth inauguration as President. President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta in the USSR to discuss postwar occupation of Germany. President Roosevelt dies of a stroke and is succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman. Germany surrenders unconditionally. The first atomic bomb is detonated at Alamogordo, New Mexico. President Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Potsdam, Germany to demand Japan's unconditional surrender and to to discuss postwar Europe. The U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaski, Japan. Japan agrees to unconditional surrender. Japanese envoys sign surrender terms aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo harbor, Japan.
United Nations is established.
1946, The Philippines, which had been ceded to the U.S. by Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War, becomes and independent republic.
1947 Presidential Succession Act is signed into law by President Truman. Central Intelligence Agency is established.
1948 Congress passes foreign aid bill including the Marshall Plan, to provide for European postwar recovery. Soviets begin blockade of Berlin in the first major crisis of the Cold War. In response, U.S. and Great Britain begin airlift of food and fuel to West Berlin.
1949 Truman's second inauguration. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established. Soviets end blockade of Berlin, but airlifts continue for four months.
If you did not find your birth year in this list let me know and I will try to find the historical events.
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