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World Timeline (1945-1953)
Browse a chronology of major international events that occurred during Truman's presidency.
1945 |
Yalta Conference attended by FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
FDR dies on April 12, 1945
United Nations formed
V-E Day marks the end of the war in Europe
Potsdam Conference attended by Churchill, Truman, and Stalin
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II
Ho Chi Minh establishes the independent republic of Vietnam
Arab League founded to oppose the establishment of a Jewish state
Nuremberg trials begin
World Bank is founded |
1946 |
UN General Assembly meets for the first time
Albania, Hungary, Jordan, and Bulgaria become independent
Juan Péron elected president of Argentina
Truman establishes the Atomic Energy Commission
Civil war breaks out in Greece between the right-wing government and communist rebels |
1947 |
UN decides to partition Palestine to create a Jewish state
Burma becomes independent
India becomes independent and Pakistan is created
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1948 |
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a Hindu nationalist
Marshall Plan for European relief goes into effect
Israel is created
USSR blockades Berlin; the airlift begins |
1949 |
People's Republic of China is proclaimed under Mao Zedong
Republic of Ireland established and recognized by Great Britain
Israel joins the UN
Blockade of Berlin ends
Apartheid established in South Africa
Pandit Nehru becomes prime minister of India |
1950 |
North Korea invades South Korea
China occupies Tibet
Assassination attempt made against Truman by two Puerto Rican nationalists |
1951 |
King Abdullah of Jordan assassinated
Peace treaty signed between the U.S. and Japan
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for espionage in the U.S. |
1952 |
Honolulu Conference attended by the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand
Prince Hussein becomes king of Jordan
Mau Mau uprising occurs in Kenya
U.S. begins H-bomb testing in the Pacific
The United Kingdom (UK) produces an atomic bomb |
1953 |
U.S. and North Korea sign armistice ending the Korean War
Government of Iran ousted and replaced with regime loyal to Shah Pahlevi
Marshal Tito elected president of Yugoslavia
Josef Stalin dies
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain crowned
USSR explodes a hydrogen bomb
Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to climb Mt. Everest
Watson and Crick discover the structure of DNA |
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