Highlights from the Truman web site include:
- read letters and official documents of the Truman era
- access a chronology of Truman's life
- see a gallery of Truman family pictures
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Overview
Born: May 8, 1884; Lamar, Missouri...On October 5, 1947, Truman delivered the first presidential address to be televised from the White House... "Being a president is like riding a tiger. You have to keep on riding or be swallowed." Harry Truman's assessment of the office accurately described the conditions under which he found himself thrust into it. To the little-known man from Missouri would fall the burden of ending a World War and asserting the U.S.'s leadership in a newly-aligned and hostile international environment...Died: December 26, 1972.
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The Era
- United Nations charter adopted in San Francisco (1945)
- Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier (1947)
- Novelist George Orwell writes 1984 (1948)
- Israel founded (1948)
- NATO established (1949)
- The Korean War begins (1950)
- Catcher in the Rye published (1951)
World Timeline - See a timeline of world events during Harry S. Truman's administration.
Extended Biography
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Additional Resources
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