The Cuban dictator explains to the Soviet prime minister why defending Cuban airspace is necessary.
JFK blames the Soviets for beginning the crisis and announces a naval quarantine of Cuba.
The Soviet leader analyzes the outcome of the crisis and justifies his actions to Castro.
With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the war merged with the abolitionist cause. The Proclamation had included an unexpected clause: at last, black men could enlist in the armed services of the United States.
Truman informs the nation that an atomic weapon has been detonated in Japan.
The U.S., the Soviets and the British set policy on postwar Europe.
Read President Truman's declaration of Israel's Independence, 1948
Truman makes desegregation of the armed forces an official government policy.
Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt about nuclear physicist Dr. Leo Szilard, 1945.
Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt about the possible construction of nuclear bombs.
Letter from Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Truman, informing him about the atomic bomb.
