1984 Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
1982 Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed
1977 Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77
1974 Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69
1972 Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88
1972 Harry S. Truman, American President
1966 Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle
1959 73rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64)
1957 Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri
1954 Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City
1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
1952 President Truman settles 53-day steel strike
1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
1951 President Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1950 US President Truman threatens China with atom bomb
1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House
1950 Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead
1950 Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C.
1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
1950 President Truman promises aid to Taiwan
1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950 President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government
1950 President Truman approves building of hydrogen bomb
1949 President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
1949 Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation
1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
1949 President Truman announces his point 4 program
1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
1948 Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman"
1948 Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers
1948 President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey
1948 President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York
1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces
1948 President Truman nominated for another term
1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to U.S.)
1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1948 US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1947 President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert
1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece
1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1946 President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II
1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order 9808
1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st U.S. president to travel in a submerged sub
1946 President Truman ends wage/price freeze
1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces
1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada
1945 President Truman ends Lend-Lease program
1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter
1945 Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman and Churchill
1945 President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom
1945 Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1945 President Truman appoints Irwin C. Mollison judge of U.S. Customs Court
1924 Truman Capote, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, In Cold Blood
1924 Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, President daughter/writer, Murder at FBI, /pianist
1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater
1902 Truman J. Hedding, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II
1900 Ralph Truman, born in London, England, actor, Web of Evidence
1885 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52
1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd U.S. President, D, 1945-1953
1884 Harry S. Truman, American President
1824 Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1891
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